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The theme I came up with for this book is open your eyes to what is happening around you, and if it is something worth changing for the right of people, then change it.

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In the story, Fredrika gives up her father's inheritance so she could talk to who she wanted, when she wanted. If she wanted to talk to her father, she would have to wait while a footman rolled out a carpet, and a hairdresser fixed her father's hair. Cecilia needs wealth in this book to free her family, so Elena sells of her expensive things to help Cecilia in that process.

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This story takes place in Cuba.

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Fredricka teaches Cecilia to sketch. Cecilia uses sketching as way to cope with what it going on in the world around her. In her sketches, there is no sorrow or pain.

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In the book, a hope chest is a chest that contains dreams that people wish to follow. Elena saved pearls and silk in her hope chest, but Cecilia thought she was saving up to run away and elope. But, Elena sells the items in her hope chest so Cecilia can have a free baby.

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In the story, Cubans believed the moon was evil and made them sick. So, they would cover their heads every time they went outside at night. At the end of the book, Elena embroiders in the moon light without a cloth on her head because she thinks it is friendly.

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Fredrika is feminist. She thinks it is unfair for girls to only learn embroidering, lace making and learning about saints while boys learn math and science.

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Fredrika takes Cecilia to a farmhouse to get away from the dust in the air for a few days. Elena sees them leave and wishes to follow them, so she could at least leave her house without her mother correcting her.

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Elena sells off all her expensive things for the freedom of Cecilia's baby. Cecilia no longer has to worry about freeing herself and her kid.

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Even though Elena is rich, she follows her mothers doing. Her mother only allows her to eat one half of a saffron bun while others get to feast.

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In many parts of the book, Elena wishes to catch fireflies and run free with Fredrika and Cecilia. But instead, she is locked up in her room, following her mother's orders.

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Throughout the book, Elena embroiders to feel serene. It is also one of the only things her mother allows her to do, since it is considered "lady like."

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by: Margarita Engle