Katacha Diaz

In my opinion, this book was an excellent story that heavily included the elements of the authors beautiful culture. I really enjoyed that language in this book. I liked how the author incorporated her native language, Quechua, showing us how people from her ethnicity communicate and the words/ phrases they use, like “Abuelita” meaning grandmother or granny and “quena”, a traditional flute of the Andes. I also liked how they author emphasized the importance of Sunday Market throughout the story. Starting from Carolina and her mother traveling into town to go to the Sunday Market, stopping at the many vendors that sell from flowers and food to ponchos and wood carvings; dancing and singing the traditional ballads the musicians play, and many more. Even though this story was about Carolina getting a gift for her grandmother’s birthday, the author made sure to walk us through the culture of a Sunday Market. Overall, I liked that Carolina wasn’t selfish about choosing a gift. Even though she could’ve picked anything from the market, she contemplated on what gift would best fit her grandmother, which ended up being a beautiful walking stick with a hummingbird at the top so that her grandmother could join Carolina and her mother the next time the travel to the Sunday market. I also believe it was about the importance of culture and educating readers about her customs and traditions.… (meer)