Ana Silva, a seventeen-year-old American girl, travels to Spain where she lives with a local family, starts school, and meets a cute boy, but her smooth transition to life in a foreign country hits a snag when she attends a bullfight.
In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arcia and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.
An illustrated adaptation of Cervantes' novel, in which an idealistic country gentleman fancies himself a knight and sets out to right wrongs and punish evil; and provides background information, comprehension exercises, and a final exam. Includes an audio CD.
