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"In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? Wrong! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and along the coast of South America. The truth is, when Columbus first arrived, Indigenous peoples, including the Taino, had been living there for thousands of years, raising their families, running their societies, and trading with their neighbors....
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After her older brother is sent away to live with their father for getting in trouble at school, fourteen-year-old Taína Perez is forced to help care for her younger brother and aging grandmother. Her mother, who works two jobs to support them, is rarely around, leaving Taína alone to struggle with their family's financial stress, trouble in her neighborhood, and racism at school. One day, her ailing grandmother tells Taina she's a descendant...
5) Encounter
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A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
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A Taino myth of how the island Puerto Rico was created in a world that once had no water or vegetation but was only a tall mountain on a desert plain. A boy finds seeds and plants them at the top of the mountain and lush vegetation grows including an enormous pumpkin. When the pumpkin breaks the sea rushes out and fills the plain leaving the mountain top island of Puerto Rico.
10) Claro de luna
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Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.