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Gr 3–6—Nora's life changed forever when she lost her father and home in a fire. Nora and her mother now live in her father's mausoleum at the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines. Nora spends her days dreaming about when she can go back to school as she sells daisy chains to funeral visitors. Nora and her mother also serve as labanderas, or washerwomen, to various people in the nearby community. But they continue to lose jobs as Nora's mother's gambling addic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Living in her father's mausoleum in Manila's North Cemetery, Nora learns to rely on community support while trying to rescue her mother...Log In or Sign Up to Read More