u/Mistress_Leaf

Back when I was in elementary school, around 20 years ago I read a book suggested by my school librarian. The problem is I can't remember the title. Or rather I sort of do, but Google voice recognition is trash or I'm simply not remembering correctly.

I do remember almost for certain that this books title begins with C, and its one word, the name of a girl, I think. A Latin American girl, again, I think.

What I remember of the plot is this girl travels around with a man she is forced to call "uncle" although he probably isn't IIRC. The man is a conman as the girl and the man fo to places and she begs for money to tell her and her (not actually) blind uncle. When this girl gets anything that belongs to her she always wraps them in her shawl like a notebook she receives in the story, again again, The girl and uncle eventually for one reason or another visit a fortune telling woman in the book and she tells the fortune of the uncle using seeds, asking in to pick them up in handfuls, not the try to pick them up in one handful all at once, he tries anyway. The girl is eventually asked, (I dont remember by who, not the uncle im pretty sure) where she's from and all she can remember is "san" the person replies with something like "that's not very helpful! San Jose? San Francisco?" At the end of the book I believe the girls parents/relatives are found and she gets to go home. I believe in America, but I can't remember exactly. I also think most of this story takes place in South America or Mexico most likely. As several characters use easily understandable Spanish at times. At one point in the story the girl is given a 100 bill (Pesos, I think) and the uncle says to "Give me the bill". But says the number in Spanish.

Thats... mostly all I remember about this book. Can anyone please help me find it?

Back when I was in elementary school, around 20 years ago I read a book suggested by my school librarian. The problem is I can't remember the title. Or rather I sort of do, but Google voice recognition is trash or I'm simply not remembering correctly.

I do remember almost for certain that this books title begins with C, and its one word, the name of a girl, I think. A Latin American girl, again, I think.

What I remember of the plot is this girl travels around with a man she is forced to call "uncle" although he probably isn't IIRC. The man is a conman as the girl and the man fo to places and she begs for money to tell her and her (not actually) blind uncle. When this girl gets anything that belongs to her she always wraps them in her shawl like a notebook she receives in the story, again again, The girl and uncle eventually for one reason or another visit a fortune telling woman in the book and she tells the fortune of the uncle using seeds, asking in to pick them up in handfuls, not the try to pick them up in one handful all at once, he tries anyway. The girl is eventually asked, (I dont remember by who, not the uncle im pretty sure) where she's from and all she can remember is "san" the person replies with something like "that's not very helpful! San Jose? San Francisco?" At the end of the book I believe the girls parents/relatives are found and she gets to go home. I believe in America, but I can't remember exactly. I also think most of this story takes place in South America or Mexico most likely. As several characters use easily understandable Spanish at times. At one point in the story the girl is given a 100 bill (Pesos, I think) and the uncle says to "Give me the bill". But says the number in Spanish.

Thats... mostly all I remember about this book. Can anyone please help me find it?