Theme: Slaves

Sequins, Secrets, and Silver Linings

By Book Importer | Published: February 15, 2011

When they meet a Ugandan refugee girl who’s an amazing designer, three trendy London teens combine their talents to create some kind of wonderful. A hip, cute, multiculti fashion fairy tale!Nonie’s a freak for fashion. Bleeding-heart Edie wants to green the planet. And starter-starlet Jenny has just landed a small part in a big Hollywood [...]

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The Firefly Letters

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

A stunning novel in verse by a Newbery Honor-winning author paints a portrait of early women’s right pioneer Frederika Bremer and the journey to Cuba that transformed her life. See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 1

Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Lost Island of Tamarind (The Book of Tamarind)

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Maya Nelson isn’t your typical thirteen-year-old. She’s spent her whole life living on the sea with her marine biologist parents, her younger brother, Simon, and baby sister, Penny. Maya used to love living on a sailboat, but lately, everything feels terribly claustrophobic. Maya longs to go to school on land. To make friends. To lead [...]

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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. [...]

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The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not tree. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps, so she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how [...]

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