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The Butterfly Hill Series Books

In order from I Lived on Butterfly Hill to The Maps of Memory
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Viví en el cerro Mariposa
The Maps of Memory
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Viví en el cerro Mariposa
chapter • 464 Pages
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
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I Lived on Butterfly Hill

Illustrated by Lee White
10 - 14
Reading age
464
Page count
184
Words per page
Mar 4, 2014
Publication date
Paperback
$9.99
$9.58

Summary

An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this “lyrically ambitious tale of exile and reunification” (Kirkus Reviews) from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chile–until one day when warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates start disappearing from class without a word. Celeste doesn’t quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore. The country has been taken over by a government that declares artists, protestors, and anyone who helps the needy to be considered “subversive” and dangerous to Chile’s future. So Celeste’s parents–her educated, generous, kind parents–must go into hiding before they, too, “disappear.” Before they do, however, they send Celeste to America to protect her. As Celeste adapts to her new life in Maine, she never stops dreaming of Chile. But even after democracy is restored to her home country, questions remain: Will her parents reemerge from hiding? Will she ever be truly safe again? Accented with interior artwork, steeped in the history of Pinochet’s catastrophic takeover of Chile, and based on many true events, this multicultural ode to the power of revolution, words, and love is both indelibly brave and heartwrenchingly graceful.

The Butterfly Hill Series Series

Published from 2014 - 2020
3 books
chapter • 464 Pages
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Paperback
$9.99$9.58
chapter • 512 Pages
Viví en el cerro Mariposa
Paperback
$9.99$9.58
chapter • 368 Pages
The Maps of Memory
Hardcover
$18.99$17.97
Year#TitlePages
20141I Lived on Butterfly Hill464
2014Viví en el cerro Mariposa512
20202The Maps of Memory368

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