The Ugly One
"[A] quiet, deeply moving story." --The Bulletin
Twelve-year-old Micay walks around her fifteenth-century Incan village shielding the scarred side of her face that inspired the cruel name Millay, or "Ugly One." She escapes to her huaca rock, avoiding the villagers who shun her. Her world shifts dramatically when a stranger gives her a sorry-looking baby macaw. The bird becomes her dear companion on a journey that ultimately leads her to a new role as shaman in Machu Picchu's Sacred Sun City. Told in an engaging storyteller's voice, this is a stirring tale of a girl who finds her own strength.
256 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers · ISBN 9780544439177
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2 editions
English
- The Ugly One · HarperCollins Publishers · 2015 · ISBN 9780544439177 This page
- The Ugly One · HarperCollins Publishers · 2013 · ISBN 9780547640235
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