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I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
4.0

Immigration, military coups/dictatorship, and displacement are all aspects of this book being shown through the eyes of a child and that makes it especially heart wrenching. We spend time learning about Chile and it's culture and getting to know some of it's people before something terrifying happens and she has to flee to America while a political upheaval is going on. I loved this story so much and the writing was lovely. 100% should read this!