This was an interesting read. I'm not sure who chose it for our Marcia Oshita book club, but I was happy I found it at our library. I'm glad I didn't have to purchase it, because it's not worth giving away or keeping, but it taught me a few things about the indiginous people of Ecuador.
Virginia is given away as a child and we spend many chapters living through the horrible abuse her new family piles on her. It's hard to read and makes up most of the book. However, she does a good job of describing the conflicting feelings of a young girl, and later of an adolescent.
This girl is caught between cultures and languages and customs. She shows amazing resilience and ingenuity despite horrific obstacles and living conditions. It's inspiring in that way, and it's also a little hard to believe. I liked that she studied so hard and that she ultimately found a way to honor her culture and her adopted culture. I kept thinking about the Lakota and Henry and when or if Henry will grapple with any of these issues.
It was a good read, but not a great read. I like how it shares the message of how education is the passport out of poverty and hopelessness. But for the average girl in Virginia's circumstances, most would never fought as she fought her way out, I wouldn't think.
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