Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter's Last Goodbye by Ann Putnam

About the Book:

This is the story of my mother and father and my dashing, bachelor uncle, my father’s identical twin, and how they lived together with their courage...more This is the story of my mother and father and my dashing, bachelor uncle, my father’s identical twin, and how they lived together with their courage and their stumblings, as they made their way into old age and then into death. And it’s the story of the journey from one twin’s death to the other, of what happened along the way, of what it means to lose the other who is also oneself.

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Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegino

About the Book:

I hear footsteps on the path and see light approaching. I slip behind the ni'tzja, out of view of the soldier coming with a torch. When I hear him call out, I want to scream, You are too late. This family has escaped you! This is Tomasa's story of how her family survives the Guatemalan army's "scorched earth" campaign, and how their love, loyalty to each other and Papa's storytelling keep them going on their harrowing search for refuge in the United States.

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