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Go and Come Back
Go and Come Back
Author: Joan Abelove
When the two old white ladies come to live in the Peruvian jungle village of Poincushmana, everyone makes a fuss--everyone but Alicia, who is baffled by the reaction of her tribe, the Isabo. But as the days pass, she too is drawn in--because the ladies (who are really in their twenties, and anthropologists) are stingy, stupid, and fun to watch. ...  more »
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PBS Market Price: $7.59 or $3.69+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780141306940
ISBN-10: 0141306947
Publication Date: 7/1/2000
Pages: 176
Reading Level: Young Adult
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3.8 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book is based on events that took place during the early 1970s. The Isabos live in the Amazonian jungle of Peru. The story is from the point of view of one of the indigenious people observing the anthropologists coming to "study" them.
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