Cocoa Ice
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0531300404
ISBN 13
9780531300404
Category
Picture Books
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
56
Subject
Chocolate-Fiction, Ice-Fiction, Maine-Fiction
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Description
A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800s while at the same time her counterpart in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice. On the island of Santo Domingo, the sun bakes the earth until it is hot and steamy like a roasted plantain. In Maine, cold can have so hard a grip that rivers freeze thick and clear, and ice is a crop that families depend upon for their livelihoods. Voices of two girls-linked together by a sailor, a gift for imagining life in faraway places, and a taste for iced chocolate.
Number of Copies
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