Elena's Story

Author: Nancy Shaw and Kristina Rodanas Series: Tales of the World

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Elena lives with her mother and siblings in a small village in Guatemala and tries to make time to improve her reading as she helps her mother with daily chores--Provided by the publisher.

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Elena lives with her mother and siblings in a small village in Guatemala and tries to make time to improve her reading as she helps her mother with daily chores--Provided by the publisher.

Description

Elena lives near a small town in western Guatemala. She lives there with her mother, her younger brother, Luis, and her baby sister, Ana. Her father is far away, working on a plantation. Elena struggles to keep up in school. Her teacher says she needs to practice her reading, but it's hard to find time to read. She must help her mother with the cooking and housework, as well as the hard work of planting and weeding their garden. As the big sister Elena is also in charge of watching over Luis to keep him out of mischief. It isn't always easy and she gets impatient with her little brother. But at the end of the day, when Elena shares a book with Luis, carefully sounding out the words, she comes to better understand and appreciate her role in the family.

About the Author

Nancy Shaw and Catriona Strang first met at the collective of the Kootenay School of Writing, and their collaborative work has appeared in many magazines, most recently in Big Allis and Raddle moon. Catriona Strang's Low fancy and Nancy Shaw's Scoptocratic were both published by ECW Press in 1993; they have also published several collaborative chapbooks. Catriona Strang lives in Vancouver, and Nancy Shaw is dividing her time between Vancouver, Montreal and New York.