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Reviewed on January 1, 2005
K-Gr 4 This story is set in a Mexican village shortly before a major wood-carving contest takes place in a faraway city. Julio has been learning how to carve from an older villager who is losing his sight and struggles to survive. He travels with the old man up to the mountains to find just the right branch from a copal tree. Iluminado explains, "Wood can talk to you. It will tell you what it wants...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




