Adriana Ramirez is a novelist, and is one of the authors responsible for establishing graded readers as real literature.
In Maria Cano, La Flor del Trabajo, she writes serious nonfiction, and it is more gripping than any novel.
It is a powerful true story that holds your attention in every sentence.
It is also the clearest explanation I have read of the incredible greed and callousness of some corporations and governments and the damage they do. Maria Cano, La Flor del Trabajo, is a graded reader, written for intermediate students of Spanish.
My hope is that it will be read by thousands of students and that they will share it with others. My hope is that it will become a classic.
Maria Cano dedicated her life to informing victims of greed of their exploitation, letting them know what can be done about it, and telling the world about it. This book continues Maria Cano’s mission and honors her memory. Unfortunately, it is still needed.