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Colibri Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Ann Cameron (Author), Jacqueline Kim (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
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She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then she's traveled with "Uncle", the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for her parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them, but Rosa still remembers and longs for them.

When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck, a treasure big enough to last him all his life. So he's kept her with him. Together, they have traveled from town to town in the highlands of Guatemala, scraping out a living, hoping to find the treasure. Eight years have passed, and Rosa has turned 12. No treasure has been found, and Uncle has almost given up hope. When he turns angry and desperate, danger threatens Rosa from all sides, but especially from Uncle himself.

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  1. Listening Length
    4 hours and 45 minutes
  2. Author
    Ann Cameron
  3. Narrator
    Jacqueline Kim
  4. Audible release date
    August 25, 2004
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Listening Library
  7. ASIN
    B0006IU5QU
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 4 hours and 45 minutes
Author Ann Cameron
Narrator Jacqueline Kim
Audible.com Release Date August 25, 2004
Publisher Listening Library
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0006IU5QU
Best Sellers Rank #318,172 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#158 in Audiobooks on Family Life for Teens
#637 in Multicultural Fiction for Teens
#1,520 in Action & Adventure Fiction for Teens

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Bayley Waters
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020
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This book is very easy to read because the words are very big on the page despite it being a mass media size book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2016
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Tzunun's story is very compelling, exciting and heartbreaking all at the same time. There are so many emotions that are running through this novel and you feel them all right along with Tzunun. She was kidnapped at four years old and was told that her parents didn't love her and no longer wanted her. She is pushed to the limit by "Uncle" who is constantly trying to get her to go aginst her morals and values that she learned from her mother. She gains the courage to go aginst "Uncle" and reveals his terrible plans of theft and deception. She goes on a massive adventure as she journery's to find out just who was, who she is and the person she is fighting to become.
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MAVOURNEEN
5.0 out of 5 stars and all the adult students enjoyed the moving story
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2015
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Read this book while taking a local Spanish class, and all the adult students enjoyed the moving story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Colibri
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2016
This text is very captivating and well detailed. This book does a great job of keeping it's readers engaged and forming thoughts for themselves about the setting of Guatemala City and how it might look. The narrator who is Colibri does a great job of telling her story in a very detailed and fascinating way for the readers. It's difficult to watch and see the hold that Uncle has on Tzunun. When you read parts of the book where you see how uncle exploits Tzunun it makes you want to jump into the text and change the situation that she is in.
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Kay Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars Although written for adolescents, I found it very interesting ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018
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Although written for adolescents, I found it very interesting, especially as I read it on my way back from a week in Guatamala.
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Sirole
5.0 out of 5 stars Yinhatil Nab'en Seeds of Knowledge
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2005
I read this story after having visited a small Mayan village in Guatemala. In it, a young Mayan girl is used by an older man, "Uncle", to provide an extra income as he travels and begs. Ann Cameron has done a lovely job of blending the dynamics between abuser and abused, revealing how deeply a child can be severed from their own identity, and how difficult it is to see it, or to imagine a life outside of it once you are in it. She weaves a story of self-discovery, of strength and compassion. She reminds us that it only takes one caring person to reach out and empower another.

Ann Cameron incorporates the traditions and cultural intricacies of the people she writes about with great tenderness, respect, and honesty. This is a book rich with the texture and feel, color and brilliance of Guatemala through the eyes of her indigenous people.
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10-Year Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Car Trip Material
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2004
This story (unabridged on CD) kept me, my husband, and our 9-year-old daughter riveted for hours on a long car trip. The story is interesting and the reader is excellent (not annoying, as some are). We stopped the CD many times to discuss the story. It is difficult to find a story that keeps the interest of adults AND is appropriate for kids; this is one!
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