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264th out of 334 books
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38 voters
Starfields
An ancient calendar comes to an end in 2012— and many predict the world will end with it. Can one Mayan girl make a difference?
Rosalba is a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in rural Mexico. Like her mother and grandmother, she weaves stories of her people onto blouses, ensuring that the age-old traditions continue. But new influences are entering her life. A ladina girl fro...more
Rosalba is a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in rural Mexico. Like her mother and grandmother, she weaves stories of her people onto blouses, ensuring that the age-old traditions continue. But new influences are entering her life. A ladina girl fro...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
September 27th 2011
by Candlewick Press
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Marsden writes well, but I liked this less than some of her others. "Starfields" is the story of nine-year-old Rosalba who lives in rural Mexico and whose community is still immersed in their Mayan heritage. Rosalba's meeting with the young daughter of a scientist who is researching the puzzling death of local frogs changes her life and that of her community. This standard clash of cultures with a strong environmental message would have made for a fine...more
Marsden writes well, but I liked this less than some of her others. "Starfields" is the story of nine-year-old Rosalba who lives in rural Mexico and whose community is still immersed in their Mayan heritage. Rosalba's meeting with the young daughter of a scientist who is researching the puzzling death of local frogs changes her life and that of her community. This standard clash of cultures with a strong environmental message would have made for a fine...more
I had mixed feelings about this book while reading it, for many reasons. There were things that I liked and others that I didn't like so much.
I think the premise about a mayan girl saving her village from destruction and the end of the world was interesting, especially since we're in the famous 2012 already.
Let start with what I didn't like so much. The conflict was solved too quick or too easy in my opinion. The obstacles the author presented were too important for the resolutions she offered i...more
I think the premise about a mayan girl saving her village from destruction and the end of the world was interesting, especially since we're in the famous 2012 already.
Let start with what I didn't like so much. The conflict was solved too quick or too easy in my opinion. The obstacles the author presented were too important for the resolutions she offered i...more
I really enjoyed this MG story of a young Mayan girl who wants to take a stand against those trying to build a road close to her village.
YA Books Central review:
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YA Books Central review:
http://www.yabookscentral.com/kidsfic...
Feb 24, 2013
Hollyann
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Dec 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Aug 30, 2012
Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature
marked it as withdrawn
Jun 20, 2012
Lindsay
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2 of 5 stars
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Mar 07, 2012
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Carolyn Marsden was born in Mexico City to missionary parents. She has been a writer all her life, but THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS is her first book. About THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS she says, "I wrote this story when my half-Thai daughter was being teased at school. As a parent and elementary school teacher, I watched her struggle to establish a cultural identity. I became fascinated with a conflict tha...more
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