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Title: Valley Of The Moon, The Diary Of Maria Rosalia De Milagros : The Diary Of Maria Rosalia De Milagros by Sherry Garland ISBN: 0-439-08820-8 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my FAVORITE DEAR AMERICA BOOKS!!
Comment: I really love "Valley of the Moon". In the book, Maria and her brother Dominigo are orphans and are loved by a family they work for. Maria searches for her birth parents and finds out what happened. The book also tells about that she is a devoted Christian and when California becomes a republic. Also, here is how Maria found about her parents and how a little scar made the story tell.
Maria's father met her mother. She was an idian and the father fell in love with her because of her charm and beauty. But, it was not allowed for an idian to marry a white man. But, they got maried in an idian wedding ceromony. the mother gives birth to maria, then her brother. That's when disaster strikes. Smallpox have hit, and while papa is gone, the mother rushes with her 2 children to a spanish mission to get vaccinated. There is only enough medicine for 2 people, so the mother makes the ulitmate sacrifice of love and her two children get the medicine. She dies near the mission and that's when maria and her brother are taken in by a family. what happened to maria's father was heartbreaking. he found his house empty and was told that the family died of smallpox. Later on he never married and died a heartbroken man. So, there is a taste of it. still, READ THE BOOK!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: A 13-year-old girl's diary of life in California in 1846.
Comment: The year is 1845, the place Sonoma Valley in Alta California. Raised as a Catholic at a Spanish mission in Northern California along with her younger brother before the two of them were taken in to be the servants of a wealthy Mexican family on their ranch, thirteen year old Maria Rosalia de Milagros barely remembers her Indian mother, who died of smallpox when she was six. She doesn't even know who her father was, only that he was a white man, or even what her real name was - Maria Rosalia was the name given to her by Padre Ygnacio, the priest who saved the lives of her and her little brother. Even though she is well treated by the family she works for, the Medinas, Maria Rosalia longs to know who her parents were. Her only hope would be to find Padre Yganico, and she doesn't have any idea where he is after all these years. Still, Maria Rosalia is able to find joy in holidays and celebrations, in writing in her diary, and in a new American friend, but there is a great deal of sorrow as well. This was an excellent addition to the Dear America series that revealed a great deal about a way of life that has vanished into the depths of time, and taught me about a period in American history that I knew little about.
Rating: 5
Summary: Valle of the Moon
Comment: This book is about a mexican slave girl named Maria. Nobody knew she was educated. Only one man knew and that was Senior Jhonston. The main characters where Senior Jhonston, Nelly, Rafaela, Maria, and the owners. In this book, she talks about what happened on certain days. For example, on one day there was a bullfighting contest. On another day a bear wonders into the mission, and her brother and some other guys go to kill it. At the end of the book, Maria finds out who her mother and father are.
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