Download or read book The Smell of Sugarcane written by Beverly Ann Menke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned in Puerto Rico, Sophia James, the eldest of six Californian children, is in charge of her five younger siblings—and she is only eleven. Told through the eyes of the sixty-year-old Sophia as she paints a large canvas, The Smell of Sugarcane is based on a true story.