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The color of my words
By Joseph, Lynn
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06028-232-5
- Publisher
- New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2000.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 24, 2000
Gr 5-8 Joseph paints the world of Ana Rosa and her family in this gem of a novel. The girl dreams of being a writer, but knows that this is a very unusual wish in the Dominican Republic. Like her ever-drinking father, she is a dreamer, but like her Mami, who fears for her daughter's safety if she writes, she learns that time is like the river that rushes by and never passes again. When the government tries to destroy the houses in the village to make room for foreign investors, Ana Rosa w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
