Author: Guadalupe Garcia McCall

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  • IN: Summer of the Mariposas (2012) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: mariposa (mah-ree-PO-sah) from the Spanish, mariposa, the apocopate Mari - (Mary in English) and posa (to rest in peace) Butterfly. Mariposas are slender, delicate insects with four wide, colorful wings. In almost every culture, butterflies are associated with transformation. The Aztecs held the butterfly, papalotl, in high regard and had a special celebration to welcome the migrating monarchs in early August every year. They believed that mariposas were the cheerful souls of their loved ones, the angels of women and children, their fallen warriors, their ancestors, returning home transformed to assure them that they were well and that life, however brief, was beautiful.
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