Bookverdict.com

title

Add to My List

El triciclo (Spanish Edition)

By Amado, Elisa & Ruano, Alfonso

Publishers Summary:
Margarita lives in a mansion. When she climbs her favorite tree, she can look down into the beautiful garden below. She can also see the small house next door where her friend Rosario and her family live. One day she sees Rosario and her brother dragging her tricycle into their yard and hiding it under a pile of boxes. Margarita decides to lie and protect her friends — but is she really helping them? This sensitive story illustrated in magic realist style powerfully presents complex issues of friendship, maturity, and social standing.

 Not Rated. Be the first to rate this product!

ISBN
978-0-88899-613-8
Publisher
Groundwood Books


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2007

Gr 2-5 Margarita, a young Guatemalan girl, contemplates her home from her perch on a tree branch. She surveys several scenesa distant volcano smoking; her gardener working and playing with her dog; and her young neighbors stealing her tricycle. Later, at lunch with her parents and guests, Margarita hears the adults discussing that thieves should be shot. Troubled by her friends' action but frightened for them, she tel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Become a Pro


This feature is only available to Pro subscribers. Please log in, or upgrade your subscription.
Close

Add To My List

cover
by

This feature is only available to Pro subscribers. Please log in, or upgrade your subscription.
Close

Export


This feature is only available to Pro subscribers. Please log in, or upgrade your subscription.
Close

Save List Search Query


This feature is only available to Pro subscribers. Please log in, or upgrade your subscription.
Close

Follow Lists


This feature is only available to Pro subscribers. Please log in, or upgrade your subscription.
Close