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40 pp.
| Groundwood |
March, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-88899-975-7$18.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Isabelle Arsenault.
An author's note explains that Anna is a German Mennonite, traveling from Mexico to Canada to work the crops. This little-known group, wearing old-fashioned garb and speaking a German dialect, merits attention, and the story is sensitive to the inequities of migrant life. However, the text and pictures are distracted by too much nature imagery as Anna imagines herself to be various animals.