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Friday, May 13, 2016

Xochitl and The Flowers by Jorge Argueta

Book: Xochitl and The Flowers
Author:  Jorge Argueta
ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-181-3
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214


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1. The story takes place far from El Salvador.
2. The girl's name is Xochitl and it means flower.
3. Xochitl means flowers in the Nahuatl language.
4. The name of the family is the Flores family.
5. Doña Servelia Flores is the mother's name.
6. Don Obdulio Flores is the father's name.
7. Ruben is the grandfather's name.
8. Nahuatl Indians lived on the land before the Spaniards.
9. The family used to live in El Salvador and now they live in San Francisco.
10. The Flores family lives with their Uncle Benjamin and Aunt Candelaria.
11. Fidel married Rosa in El Salvador.
12. The Shoemaker's dog was named Grillito.
13. Mother's dream is to open a flower shop.
14. Mother's job was cleaning houses.
15. He paints houses or works anywhere he can.
16. Xochitl sees her abuelitos, neighbors, and everything she left behind in El Salvador.
17. Doña Ivania is the owner of El Trebol.
18. Don Prudencio is the name of the mariachi guitarist.
19. He found an apartment with a backyard.
20. They started cleaning the backyard on Saturday.
21. Don Obdulio borrowed a blue truck from a relative.
22. Uncle Benjamin was the relative that Don Obdulio borrowed the truck from.
23. Mr. Awad and Don Prudencio helped clean up.
24. They made paths with them.
25. Doña Ivania gave the family two parakeets for their garden.
26. The family opened the nursery on Sunday.
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28. Don Roberto is the owner of the lot.
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