In Cuba’s “special period in times of peace” of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.

This book is a WOW Recommends book of the month for December 2021.

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• ISBN: 9781534464964
• Published: 2021 , Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Themes: Dog, hunger, romance
• Descriptors: Cuba, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
• No. of pages: 224