The Mendez family are Mayan Indians who made a dangerous escape to flee the civil war in their native Guatemala.

Related: Americas, Guatemala, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780822534006
• Author: Malone, Michael
• Published: 1996, Lerner Publishing Group
• Themes: Family, Mayan, Refugees
• Descriptors: Americas, Guatemala, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 64