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After their olive crop fails, Maria fears that her family will have to abandon their farm on the new island colony. Then, one night she dreams of a mysterious beautiful lady shrouded by trees with branches hung with hundreds of little suns. They are oranges like the ones Maria's parents once ate in their homeland, Valencia, Spain. That very day Maria and her family plant the seeds that soon yield a magnificent orange grove and save the farm. But who was the mysterious lady who appeared in her dream and will Maria ever find her again? "From the Hardcover edition.Alvarez, Julia is the author of 'Gift of Gracias The Legend of Altagracia', published 2005 under ISBN 9780375924255 and ISBN 0375924256.
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