The Queen of Water

Oops, I finished already. I could just never tell what was going to happen and I HAD to keep reading. In some ways this reminds me of certain books that were popular with kids in middle school (and, as I understand it, still are)--slightly graphic, exploitative books about abused children, sometimes......more

This is both an extraordinary story and an extraordinarily well-written one. The book tell the true story of Virginia, who is more or less sold into slavery when she's only seven, and what happens to her over the course of the next ten or so years. This is not a long-ago story, either. Parts of it ar......more

Based on the true story of a seven year old Indian girl in Ecuador sent to work for a cruel couple as a virtual slave, the novel is emotional and upsetting. Her story is rather unbelievable as she cares for an infant and keeps house for working parents at such a young age. This happens in other par......more

I actually wasn't that excited about reading this book, my friend insisted that I should and I'm really glad I did. It was beautiful, I never knew what was going to happen and that made me always wanting to continue reading it until it was done. And it was beautiful, again. My emotions were totally......more

There were not many highlights in this book,with the exception of the main character. I personally did not get any poignant message for it. Even though it was based on a true story,the content of the story was simply forgetable.......more