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K-Gr 3—Angélica spends all summer with her family in the Dominican Republic, but when it's time to start school, she needs to return home to Washington Heights in New York City. The day before leaving her beloved family's home country, her abuelo gives her a güira and lets her know that the shiny, hollow instrument connects them to their people, their land, and themselves. Back home, Angélica plays la güira everywhere—in the kitchen, in her room, on the sidewalk; she even sleeps with it. But it seems that no one around her feels her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More