Samira Shukri Escheik

Yeliza Meet the Hicotea Again Samira Shukri Escheik

At the end of second sequel, Mother Nature was impressed with Yeliza and gives instructions to the Puerto Rican owl Mucaro to deliver directions to get close to the neighborhood where the mother's parent's live in PR. First, the girl stop by a place that was known for its traditional restaurants then the girl followed to the town.

On the way there, she meet again the activist Jicotea, a Puerto Rican turtle that she met before in the "palmas altas manglar." It is an endangered species from Cabo Tiburones, a northwestern swamp of the island.

It entertained Yeliza with a funny story about how Shrimp and their cousins--the cocolía--got together with the turtle to join the protest. After that, it ate part of Yeliza's food, leaving the girl by herself in the middle of the the crowd with the excuse that it has to lead the protest.

Yeliza wandered along with a group of old folks that were walking toward the town. They were talking enthusiastically about the parade of the image of the Virgin of Carmen in the "ancon" down on the Barceloneta River as an opening of the July festivities dedicated for the holy patron. In this third sequel, Yeliza learns about the cultural and political aspects of the island's history. She learns about the importance of "mangles" to protect the endemic species and the migratory birds too. Yeliza had a funny third encounter with Jicotea, who take off the shell because of the hot weather in PR.

Sam is the writer of the fourth sequel of Yeliza Goes to PR. This will be the end of the third sequel that leads to the four book with more funny adventures and educations about culture and endangered species of PR.