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Cameron, Ann , Cameron, Ann

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227 pp. | Farrar/Foster | August, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31519-1 $$17.00
(2) 4-6 "Uncle" claims to have found Tzunún, abandoned, when she was four. Now somewhere near twelve, she works as his assistant as he passes bad bills or poses as a blind beggar. Once she makes the choice to leave him, the story's pace quickens. The blending of Spanish and Mayan cultures evokes a present-day Guatemala shaped by myth and war and the syncretism of Christian and traditional beliefs. The tone is serious but not somber.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003

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