VIVí En El Cerro Mariposa (I Lived on Butterfly Hill)

When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear."

About the author

Marjorie Agosín is the Pura Belpré Award–winning author of I Lived on Butterfly Hill and The Maps of Memory. Raised in Chile, her family moved to the United States to escape the horrors of the Pinochet takeover of their country. She has received the Letras de Oro Prize for her poetry, and her writings about—and humanitarian work for—women in Chile have been the focus of feature articles in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Ms. magazine. She has also won the Latino Literature Prize for her poetry. She is a Spanish professor at Wellesley College.Lee White lives with his wife and their three crazy cats in Portland, Oregon, and you can visit him online at LeeWhiteIllustration.com.Alison Ridley is a professor of Spanish at Hollins University, having completed her PhD at Michigan State University. She has translated a number of novels, including Marjorie Agosín’s Pura Belpré Award–winning I Lived on Butterfly Hill.

Product details

• Authors: Marjorie Agosin
• Assisted by: Lee White (Illustration), White Lee (Illustration), Alison Ridley (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: Spanish
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781665917094
• ISBN: 978-1-6659-1709-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 193 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: The Butterfly Hill
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION / Politics & Government, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Work & industry / world of work (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, United States of America, USA, Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino, Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people