Rigoberta Menchu: Defending Human Rights in Guatemala

by Michael Silverstone

Book Overview

Rigoberta Mench was born into a remote and impoverished corner of Guatemala where her people, the Quiche-Mayan, suffered as second-class citizens and where few children, particularly girls, went to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558611983
• ISBN13: 9781558611986
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

story of remarkable life

I was very impressed by the life of Rigoberta Menchu. Her story is told with great depth of feeling but completely without sentimentality. There is background given on the Mayan culture which I found very interesting, that made her struggle so much more meaningful. This is really a great book for middle school ages to learn about current issues in Latin America, and about indigenous struggles.