Nobel Peace Prize winner and noted Maya activist Rigoberta Menchú Tum
brings the world of her childhood vividly to life in The Girl from
Chimel. This evocative memoir for children is beautifully illustrated
by noted Mazatec-Mexican artist Domi.
Before the thirty-six-year war in Guatemala, despite the hardships the
Maya people had endured since the time of the Conquest, life in their
highland villages had a beauty and integrity that were changed forever
by the conflict and brutal genocide that were to come. Through stories
of her grandparents and parents and of the natural world, and her
retellings of the stories that she was told as a young girl, Rigoberta
Menchú presents a rich, humorous and engaging picture of that lost
world.
Key Text Features
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse
cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain
how it is conveyed through key details in the text.