The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney | Mexican Biography Middle Grade * Rebuild your sense of

* Rebuild your sense of self and your community

Marie Clare

and Chinese

restaurants

and more--from the author of The Green Witch and Spellcrafting

The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera, Christina MacSweeney | Mexican Biography Middle Grade * Rebuild your sense ofIn what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916 1988), Jazmina Barreras deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life. Sifting through the writers archives at Princeton, Barrera is repeatedly thwarted in her attempt to fully know her subject. Traditional means of researchthe correspondence, photos, and booksserve only to complicate and cloud the woman and her work.