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The book was first published on march 2012 through candlewick press and follows sonia ocampo, a teenage girl that leaves home to seek her freedom but finds that she cannot leave her past behind her. Sonias entire village believes she has a gift, but its only in leaving home that she finds out who she truly is. The girl who could silence the wind by meg medina sonia was born the night a terrible storm hit tres montes. A poignant and passionate tale about the risks people will take for a. Her other books are the girl who could silence the wind, a 20 bank street college best childrens book of the year. Dec 17, 2015 the girl who could fly is an unforgettable story of defiance and courage about an irrepressible heroine who can, who will, who must. Theres a multicultural flavor to the girl who could silence the wind, but not so much that it becomes part of a separate people if that makes sense. Pdf gone with the wind book by margaret mitchell free. The standards are not included here, but are included with the lesson plans in the pdf. Now shes won awards and devoted audiences for those stories. Praise for victoria forester and the girl who could fly.
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