Upon the Stars is a book consisting of poems, a musical composition,
and short stories, both fiction and non-fiction created by a mother-daughter
team. Dr. Linda Mata includes poems she has written along with two ancestral
biographies and the epic of Sundiata Keita of Old Mali.
Her daughter, Christiana Guarino has included poems she has written
with some dating back to early childhood. She has also written a story in tribute
to her late grandmother along with three other short stories.
As in their first book entitled "Roads and Reminiscences, " they have
expressed views of nature and everyday life and revealed contrasts between
views of mother and daughter. This book exemplifies a positive parent/daughter
relationship and promotes creativity on the part of young people as well as
adults.