Theme: Cuba

Tia Isa Wants A Car

By Book Importer | Published: July 6, 2011
Descriptors: Americas, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Flight to Freedom

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

In Flight to Freedom, Anna Veciana-Suarez brings us Yara, an eighth-grader who lives in a middle-class neighborhood of 1967 Havana, Cuba. Her parents, who do not share the political beliefs of the Communist party, finally are forces to flee Cuba with their children to Miami, Florida. There, Yara records in her diary the difficulties she [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » 1 Comment

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Poetry, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » 6 Comments

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet. Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her Mama, even though he had a mama of his own. [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Cuba, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment