Letters to my mother

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First of all, who has read Letters to my mother. By Teresa Cardenas. It's about a girl who's mother passed away and to keep her spirit alive, somehow, she starts writng letters to her.
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 :)
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Are we just writing letters or are we doing an actual story?

And I'd like to reserve a spot.
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Its like the book, so we just write letters, in character, to our late mother. And yeah.. lol, you might have to read the book :)
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Why would I write letters to your mother?
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Oh yeah, I'd like to be Baby
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But so do we post in letters or like a storybook? And if it's in letters why would I be writing letters to your mother?
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Okay. So you cant be Baby. You have to be this 10 yr old girl who lives whith her aunt and 2 cousins. She writes letters to HER mother telling her about whats going on (good or bad). So Your not writing to MY mum, you're writng to Mamita. Our characters mum.
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Er, okay. So just lemme know when we get more characters and can start.
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