Mar?a's Beads

By Charles Markee

In this story of magical realism, Mar a knows her best friend, Hannah, is sick, knows something is terribly wrong, but only takes action after a mysterious old woman gives her some strange, very pretty beads. When Hannah becomes deathly ill and her parents refuse medical treatment, Mar a desperately tries to save her friend. Adults won't intercede, so she turns to the magic beads, but they can't do it alone. Mar a must find and use her own inner strength, passed down to her through her ancestral Huichol culture . . . or watch Hannah die.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982898738
• ISBN13: 9780982898734
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Moonview Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"