"Cuando María del Carmen lee o escribe cambia las letras de lugar o las confunde con otras, por eso sus maestras la regañan, pues creen que es rebelde y caprichosa. Mari relata los días de su vida cotidiana en los que, debido a su peculiaridad, se tiene que enfrentar a las burlas de los demás niños y comentarios negativos de las personas. Pero Mari no lo hace intencionalmente, sino que tiene una dificultad que no le permite leer y escribir como los demás. Ella nos relata su historia, que se desarrolla en una época en la que no se conocía la dislexia y mucho menos se sabía que necesita un tratamiento especial."--Fondodeculturaeconomica.com When Maria del Carmen reads or writes, she changes the letters of place or confuses them with others, which is why her teachers reprimand her because they believe she is rebellious and capricious. Mari relates the days of her daily life in which, due to its peculiarity, she has to face the ridicule of other children and negative comments from people. But Mari doesn't do it intentionally, she has a difficulty that doesn't allow her to read and write like the others. She tells us her story, which unfolds in a time when dyslexia was not known and much less was known to need special treatment.
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