The Girl from Chimel: Tales from a Mayan VillageThis collection of tales remembers the Mayan civilization before it was shattered by the horrors of war. It tells the story of a little girl named Li M'in, who lived in a village named Chimel in the Mayan heartland of Guatemala. |
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