Here is an example of one of the letters.
Querida Mama,
I saw you in my dreams. A lovely red ribbon was braided into your ponytail. You were running from one end of the sky to the other pulling a kite made out of clouds.
You weren't happy, but there you were, running and skipping like a nine year old. You looked a lot like me, as if you were my daughter, not the other way round.
I called you many times in vain. It was sad.
I woke up in tears. No one came to ask me what was wrong.
I don't know why Tia Catalina bothers with me. She only cares about her daughters.
Lilita and Baby make fun of me all day long.
I wouldn't make fun of them if their mother died.
So yeah. Her mother died, she moved in with her Aunt Tia Catalina, cousins: Baby and Lilita, and grandmother. She goes to school and gets called bombena which means thick lipped. Lilta and Baby call her that too.
Her Grandma pretty much hates her; belives she is cursed and is a 'bad luck bird'.
This is set in Cuba where people are quite racist (as said during the book).
The characters the Letter Writer is friendly with are:
Menu - A lovely woman down the street who sells flowers and is nice to the MC.
Roberto - A white boy from her class who she likes (like likes)
Characters the Letter Writer doesn't like. (Or they don't like her.
Tia Catalina - Her aunt. By the end of the book she is kind to her buuuut...
Grandma - Her Grandmother who is mean to her at the start but begins to be nicer near the end because she has heart problems.
Lilita - Cousin who thinks LW is a bembone.
Baby - 7 year old cousin who is quite like her sister.
(You may add people she likes/dislikes)
It may not be clear so: I want you to help me write letters to Mamita in heaven, describing the troubles she faces (Racism, neglect, her Aunts Boyfriend problems)
Please reserve a spot before you start
