When his family’s restaurant and Cuban American neighborhood in Miami are threatened by a greedy land developer, thirteen-year-old Arturo, joined by Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast, fight back, discovering the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí.

• ISBN: 9781101997239
• Author: Cartaya, Pablo
• Published: 2017 , Viking Books for Young Readers
• Themes: Cuban Americans, emotions and feelings, multigenerational, Poetry, Protests
• Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in US, Realistic Fiction, United States
• No. of pages: 256