From Another World

Mariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario, a young slave from the late 1800s appears to them and tells the story of why she is so sad. Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author Ana Maria Machado's storytelling skills and social conscience come together in this powerful and moving book that reveals the evil of slavery in a real, immediate and unforgettable way. Rosario had no shadow. I remember noticing this very clearly and telling myself that I didn't need to have goose bumps. This wasn't important. Peter Pan didn't have a shadow, either, and he was a good guy. But I couldn't take my eyes off the wall, as if I were staring at a movie on a big screen. The light from the candle cast shadows from all four of us. But it went right through Rosario. While helping his parents transform an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn, Martin and his friends encounter the ghost of a slave girl from the late 1800s named Rosario who relates her story of slavery--a tale of evil and brutality--that Martin writes down to share with others One Evening On An Old Coffee Plantation In Brazil, Four Friends Are Confronted By A Strange-looking Girl, Who Tells Them She Lived As A Slave On The Plantation Long Ago. Her Tale Takes Several Nights To Tell, And Before She Leaves, She Extracts A Strange Promise From Them. Martin and his friends are helping their parents renovate an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn when they meet Rosario, the ghost of a slave girl from the 1800s