Margarita Engle
Eloísa’s Musical Window
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Eloísa’s family is too poor to own a radio, but she can listen to her neighbor’s radio from her window. ...Read Review
Singing with Elephants
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This middle-grade novel set in post-World War II California tells the story of Cuban-born immigrant Oriol. She is struggling to fit into her ...Read Review
Rima’s Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny
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Rima is a “natural” child in Cuba in the early 20th century. Her father, a wealthy landowner, had an affair with one of ...Read Review
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
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Fourteen-year-old Mateo is desperate to escape Cuba and an abusive father scarred by the war with Spain. The Americanos are promising extravagant pay ...Read Review
The Lightning Dreamer
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Illumination of the 19th-century fight for rights and human dignity turns to another corner of our hemisphere: the island of Cuba. Told in ...Read Review
