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    Vivian and the Legend of the Hoodoos
    Vivian and the Legend of the Hoodoos
    Vivian and the Legend of the Hoodoos
    Audiobook5 minutes

    Vivian and the Legend of the Hoodoos

    Written by Terry Catasús Jennings and Phyllis Saroff

    Narrated by Donna German

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    About this audiobook

    Long ago, the Old Ones were bad. They drank all the water, ate all the pine nuts, and left nothing for the other creatures. Sinawav the coyote punished them by turning them into rocky hoodoos. Now, when children misbehave, their Paiute elders remind them that they, too, could be turned into stone columns!

    Vivian has heard the stories, but this year as she and her grandmother climb the mesa to pick pine nuts, Vivian has something more important on her mind: basketball tryouts. When Vivian is disrespectful to the trees and the land, her grandmother must remind Vivian of the legend of the hoodoos and how nature has made it possible for her people to live.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArbordale Publishing
    Release dateFeb 10, 2017
    ISBN9781628559644
    Vivian and the Legend of the Hoodoos
    Author

    Terry Catasús Jennings

    On September 11, 1961, Terry Catasús Jennings landed in the United States after a short flight from Cuba. On September 12th, she was enrolled in seventh grade in an American school. Her family, including her father who had been jailed during the Bay of Pigs invasion, was now in a free country. The only catch for twelve-year-old Terry was that she could count in English and recite the days of the week and the months of the year, but not much more. Often being the only Cuban in her school—even through college—Terry knows what it’s like to be the new kid on the block. She is delighted to have the opportunity, with Definitely Dominguita, to portray a child of immigrants who is normal—no different than her peers—other than she loves the classics (like Jennings did as a child) and thinks Cuban food rules. 

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