Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for money--she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a _lettora_ --and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell
The Marvels
โ Scribed by Brian Selznick
- Publisher
- SCHOLASTIC INC.
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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