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Prietita and the ghost woman

Author: Gloria Anzaldúa; Maya Christina Gonzalez
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, ©1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Prietita, a young Mexican American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman. While looking for an herb to cure her mother, Prietita gets lost in the woods in this English-Spanish fantasy. Prietita goes into the woods in search of the missing herb that can help cure her mother. Despite the frightening stories she has heard of the legendary ghost woman  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Novela juvenil
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Anzaldúa, Gloria.
Prietita and the ghost woman.
San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, c1995
(OCoLC)656777330
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gloria Anzaldúa; Maya Christina Gonzalez
ISBN: 0892391367 9780892391363 0892391677 9780892391677 0329241834 9780329241834
OCLC Number: 32970144
Language Note: Text in English and Spanish.
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Other Titles: Prietita y la llorona
Responsibility: story by Gloria Anzaldúa ; pictures by Cristina Gonzalez = Prietita y la llorona / escrito por Gloria Anzaldúa ; ilustrado por Christina Gonzalez.

Abstract:

Prietita, a young Mexican American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman. While looking for an herb to cure her mother, Prietita gets lost in the woods in this English-Spanish fantasy. Prietita goes into the woods in search of the missing herb that can help cure her mother. Despite the frightening stories she has heard of the legendary ghost woman who steals children at night, she is not afraid when she encounters La Llorona. The rich velvet tones of the book's illustrations provide a powerful and magical setting for this beautiful story.

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