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Colibri

By: Ann Cameron
Narrated by: Jacqueline Kim
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She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then she's traveled with "Uncle", the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for her parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them, but Rosa still remembers and longs for them.

When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck, a treasure big enough to last him all his life. So he's kept her with him. Together, they have traveled from town to town in the highlands of Guatemala, scraping out a living, hoping to find the treasure. Eight years have passed, and Rosa has turned 12. No treasure has been found, and Uncle has almost given up hope. When he turns angry and desperate, danger threatens Rosa from all sides, but especially from Uncle himself.

©2003 Ann Cameron (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group Explore the World Geography & Cultures Literature & Fiction Primary Education Survival

Critic reviews

"Cameron layers her compelling story with vivid descriptions of setting and weaves into the narrative the complexities inherent in the blending of Mayan and latino cultures and religious practices....A well-written and engrossing read." (School Library Journal)
"The taut, chilling suspense and search for riches will keep readers flying through the pages. But it's Cameron's beautiful language and Rosa's larger identity quest that make this novel extraordinary." (Booklist)
"Achieving an almost hypnotic intensity, this taut novel invites readers to sample both savory and bitter flavors of Guatemalan culture as Cameron creates a melting pot of mixed values, religions, and races....Moving and suspenseful." (Publishers Weekly)

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and environment, I personally, found to be accurate. The reader's rhythm and pace seemed off and I found that rather distracting. I might read it again but a paper version not an audio version.
overall, as I mentioned before the customs and description of the region were accurate and I did get home sick, so in that regard it was a good read, it's just the other above mentioned items that I felt could have been different.

Unrealistic; however, the description of customs..

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