Reviewed by Maria Hernandez

The book is kind of confusing at first because the author starts when the main character is older, and then she goes back to when she was younger.  The story gets better though because Juana’s (the main character’s) childhood is very tough.  She is poor and lives in a bamboo shack.  She had already lost two baby sisters and she loses a third one when her house floods and when holding her on top of a table, she falls asleep and lets go of her.   This is a great book.  I give it 5 stars.

Find the book in the Fiction section under FIC Gra.