Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Includes glossary and author's note
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Bi/multilingual, Economic Struggle
Settings: Central America, Guatemala
Ethnicity: Guatemalan
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Maya
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Character Prominence: Background, Dominant Main, Secondary