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01645cam a2200301Ia 4500 001 C87A21062B0D11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200609014621 008 061011s2006 ctub b 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0976812622 020 $a 9780976812623 040 $a NOG $c NOG $d SILO $d LEO $d OJ4 $d QBX $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d IM9 $d SILO 050 4 $a PZ7.H1818 $b Rib 2006 082 14 $a [Fic] $2 22 100 1 $a Hamilton, Harriet Elizabeth, $d 1942-2006. 245 1 $a Ribbons of the sun / $c by Harriet Hamilton. 260 $a Weston, Conn. : $b Brown Barn Books, $c c2006. 300 $a 159 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Twelve year old Rosa begs to go with her father to the city to sell the flowers her family grows, and when the great day finally comes, she can barely contain her excitement. But her joy turns to despair when she realizes the real reason for her trip to the city- is her impoverished family has been forced to sell her into service as a maid. Assaulted and humiliated by the patron, she is thrown out on the hostile city streets to fend for herself and the baby she expects. Alone and without hope, her beliefs shattered, Rosa learns to survive and triumph in this emotionally violent but deeply spiritual coming of age story. 650 0 $a Child labor $z Mexico $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Homeless children $z Mexico $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young adult fiction. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l ZVPB675 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l 41SX706 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C87A21062B0D11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a C0 $b IM9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search