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Elena's Story

Elena's Story

Shaw, Nancy
Rodanas, Kristina

Hardcover

Series: Tales of the World

FamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction

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ISBN10: 1585365289
ISBN13: 9781585365289
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: Aug 1 2012
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.10 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Elena lives near a small town in western Guatemala. She lives there with her mother, her younger brother, Luis, and her baby sister, Ana. Her father is far away, working on a plantation. Elena struggles to keep up in school. Her teacher says she needs to practice her reading, but it's hard to find time to read. She must help her mother with the cooking and housework, as well as the hard work of planting and weeding their garden. As the big sister Elena is also in charge of watching over Luis to keep him out of mischief. It isn't always easy and she gets impatient with her little brother.

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