Engle, Margarita
Summary: While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2005
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Summary: In a mystery that offers an unexpected take on life in contemporary Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti plunges into the Venetian underworld of illegal African immigrants as he investigates after a street vendor is killed in a scuffle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2018
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Summary: In a mystery that offers an unexpected take on life in contemporary Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti plunges into the Venetian underworld of illegal African immigrants as he investigates after a street vendor is killed in a scuffle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners/BBC Audiobooks America 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2016