Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490

Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490
The Royal Diaries Series Book #19 of 20 in publication order (switch to alphabetical order)
Author: Edwidge Danticat

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Published on April 1, 2005
Age Group: 8 - 13 years
Reading Level:	AR: 6.5 (5.0 Points, Quiz #86685) GLE: 5.9 F&P/GRL: X DRA: 60 Lexile^® measure: 1080L

Summary:
Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.

Excerpt/First Sentence(s):
As is our custom, my mother and I began our day with a bath in the river.

Publisher Description:
With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.

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186 pages. List price $10.95
ISBN-10: 0439499062
ISBN-13: 9780439499064
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