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Created within an Andean town in Ecuador, Va lives with her large family in a little, earthen-walled home. In her town of indígenas, it's not unusual to work in the fields all day long, even while a young child, or to be named a longa tonta—stupid Indian—by people of the ruling class of mestizos, or Spanish descendants. When eight-year-old Virginia is obtained from her town to be always a slave to some mestizo pair, she's no idea what the near future holds.In this touching book centered on a genuine account, recommended writer Laura Resau has worked with Karen Virginia Farinango to recount one womanis memorable journey to self-development. Va's tale may talk to those who have ever struggled to locate their devote the planet.