

The Ugly One
Author: Leanne Statland Ellis
Narrator: Kimberly Woods
Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 08/20/2024
Includes:
Bonus Material
Author: Leanne Statland Ellis
Narrator: Kimberly Woods
Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 08/20/2024
Includes:
Bonus Material
Leanne Statland Ellis teaches third to fifth graders in the Chicago area. She was inspired to write The Ugly One by her travels in Peru, including two visits to Machu Picchu. She lives near Chicago with her husband and daughter.
The book is a good book but the book doesn’t really talk about when the setting is in incan village in machu picchu. The historical conflict in the book is micay getting bullied about her scar. Micay's relationship to historical conflicts are almost the same as segregation. People in the book are tr......more
The Ugly One by Leanne Statland Ellis The young adult book genre has expanded rapidly over the last decade, creating reading niches for a variety of teenage interests, from the currently ubiquitous choices that include vampires and werewolves to the popular dystopian series. But, one of my favorite g......more
I read this book in nearly one sitting, captivated early on by the author's rich description of the community's traditions and by the arrival of two strangers whose presence in Micay's life helps launch her journey of self-discovery. Quechua words have an important, almost character-like presence in......more
I have always liked historical fiction. The blending of truth and imagination can be very satisfying, and in The Ugly One the balance of the two feels right. I know the book targets a younger audience (mainly eight to twelve years of age) but the beautiful writing weaving stories of the Incan Culture......more
Micay has a scar down the right side of her face and believes that she is not just unlucky but cursed. She hides from the people of her village, and accepts that she will be teased and bullied for the rest of her life. All of that changes when a stranger gives her a baby macaw. Suddenly she has some......more