"It is 1957 in Marianao, a suburb on the outskirts of Havana. Adela Santiago is thriteen years old and lives in a small blue house with her mother, father, brother, and grandfather. An yet something is a miss. The students on her street are disappearing. Not only that, but her parents' marriage seems to be disintegrating and her cousin is caught up in a bombing at the Hotel Nacional. Welcome to a world where a revolution is brewing. Welcome to Cuba"--Provided by publisher.