Bless Me Ultima

by SparkNotes

Spark Publishing’s Literature Guides are celebrating their 5th Anniversary!  To celebrate this, we’re giving our TOP 50 a revamp by adding some exciting new features.

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Glossary of literary terms, Step by step tutoring on how to write a literary essay Feature on how not to plagiarized.

Each book will also include an A+ Essay; an actual literary essay written about the Spark-ed book, to show students how an essay should be written.

72 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2002

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Reviews

[M Burke · Rating 2 out of 5]

"A coming of age novel in the 1940s American Southwest about a seven year-old learning spiritual and social harmony from a local healer. Anaya uses many of the same literary techniques of my favorite children's authors (Judy Blume comes to mind): much repetition question-asking, which might feel a little predictable to older readers, but is comforting and nostalgic, too."

[Sydney Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

The voice of this book reminds me of the voices of many of my classmates. Fun come of age Chicano story, flavored with the Llano, Catholicism, a wise old woman and a heavy dose of Mexican cuss words. Glad I'm listening to it. I am a child of the Llano and the Luna (used here to also describe the farmer).