LitPick Review
Ernestina and Enriquito are best friends, but when they
receive a strange visit from an even stranger woman, who
knows where their friendship will take them! A passing
storm left wreckage covering the surface of the bay.
Fishing, Enriquito spotted a couch with a woman sitting on
it. She was singing a lovely song. She invites Enriquito
and Ernestina to climb aboard. The woman is a fortune
teller! She tells them about a lost treasure and a fearsome
guard. The children leave to seek out this lost treasure.
Throughout this story, Enriquito and Ernestina encounter
many events together. They have to deal with Alyssa Rigol -
the daughter of wealthy land owner Don Rigol. He believes
the entire mountain, including the wild ponies and the lost
treasure it shelters, belongs to him. Enriquito and
Ernestina must fight to discover the secret of the lost
gold and keep the land, the treasure, and the mountain
ponies free from the clutches of greedy Don Rigol.
Opinion:
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys stories
about fortune tellers and secret treasure hunts. Raining
Sardines was an exciting story. It included so many
different topics and scenes from a family struggling to get
by to rich people getting richer by taking advantage of
poor workers, and from an artist's studio to a courtroom
trial. The writing in this fantastic fiction book was
amazing in the way it brought the characters to life. My
favorite part was when Enriquito escaped from jail with
help from Ernestina. This book is great. If you choose to
read it, you're in for a treat!
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