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Region: Cuba
Raining Sardines
Wealthy landowner Don Rigol practically owns the town. To expand his coffee plantation, he will lay waste the mountain jungle and the secret valley where the ancient breed of Paso Fino horses roams wild. Best friends Enriquito and Ernestina search for a way to save the ponies, ensure justice at a trumped-up trial, and reclaim [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) Themes: corrupt authority, Ecology, enviroments protection, freedom, power, take actions Leave a comment
The Firefly Letters
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.
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: cultures, Gender, injustices, journeys, languages, oppression, Slaves, Women's rights Leave a comment
My Ocean: A Novel of Cuba
After his grandparents emigrate, 12-year-old Enrique heads for the ocean, a source of comfort and solace. Why did they flee Cuba, leaving Enrique and his mother behind? Should they go, too? If not, will they, like so many others, be seen as disloyal? The sea has no answers for the boy. As the years pass, [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction, United States of America Themes: emigration, Grandparents, isolation, letter, Ocean, political upheaval, Struggle Leave a comment
Flight to Freedom
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 [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Cuba, cultures, exile, freedoms, Hope, journeys, power, sense of belonging Leave a comment
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
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 [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Poetry, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Cuba, cultures, Family, Friendship, Holocaust, hopes, Jewish refugee, journeys, power Leave a comment
Leaving Glorytown: One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro
Eduardo F. Calcines was a child of Fidel Castro’s Cuba; he was just three years old when Castro came to power in January 1959. After that, everything changed for his family and his country. When he was ten, his family applied for an exit visa to emigrate to America and he was ridiculed by his [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Nonfiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Betrayal, emigrate, Family, frienships, Frustration, Loyalty, making decision, oppresion, Politics, Poverty, power, Revolution Leave a comment
On October 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., Rosemary Wells, illustrator and author of the preschool series Max and Ruby, will be at Worlds of Words physical location on the 4th floor of the College of Education at the University of Arizona.
The Rooster who went to his uncle’s wedding