Book 2011
The queen of water
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- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Quechua Indians
- Indentured servants
- Juvenile fiction
- Social classes
- Indians of South America
- Fiction
Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
This story is based on the life story of María Virginia Farinango, a Quichua Indian girl sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family. The plot contains episodes of abuse. The coauthor is María Virginia Farinango.