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The Tree of Red Stars
By Bridal, Tessa
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-57131-013-2
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1997
Like Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits (LJ 4/15/85), Bridal's first novel portrays a young woman's emotional and political awakening in the midst of growing oppression and military rule. Growing up in an affluent suburb, Magda glimpses Uruguay's poverty from a distance...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1997
YA Magdalena, a young Uruguayan woman of wealth and position living in Europe, tells her story in a series of flashbacks starting with her childhood in Montevideo. When she and her friends are 15, they hear Che Guevara address a rally at the university, and the direction of their lives is changed forever. After a year of school in the United States, Magdalena returns home and works openly for t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
