"Reading Heart of the Sky gave me a vivid taste of life in Guatemala: the color, the music, the food, the incredible beauty of hills and valleys, farm land and city, interwoven with pervasive squalor and grinding poverty, and the generous and gentle people. The story also brings to life the terrible violence of the death squads from some thirty years ago, and illustrates how the residue of deep anger and shame still haunts the present. The story is fast-paced and engaging, and provides a deeper understanding not only of life in Guatemala, but of the universal human spirit. "        Emily Alma