Alvarez, Julia

The secret footprints by Julia Alvarez ; illustrated by Fabian Negrin. - 1st ed. - New York Knopf Distributed by Random House 2000. - 1 v. (unpaged) col. ill. 29 cm.

A story based on Dominican folklore, about the ciguapas, a tribe of beautiful underwater people whose feet are attached backward, with their toes pointing in the direction from which they have come.

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Taino Indians--Folklore.
Folklore--Dominican Republic.
Indians of the West Indies--Dominican Republic--Folklore.
Taino Indians--Folklore.
Tales--Dominican Republic.

F1909 / .A47 2000

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