Engle, Margarita

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Una nina un tambor un sueno

como la valentia de una nina cambio la musica
  • Engle, Margarita
2016

All the way to Havana

  • Engle, Margarita
A young Cuban boy and his family fix up the family car for a trip to Havana and enjoy the amazing sights along the way until they reach their Abuelo's house.

Bravo!

  • Engle, Margarita
2017
"Portraits and ... poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways"--Provided by publisher.

Lion Island

Cuba's warrior of words
  • Engle, Margarita
2016
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.

The Surrender Tree

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 11:25

On October 10, 1868, a handful of Cuban plantation owners freed their slaves and declared independence from Spain. On February 16, 1896, Cuban peasants were ordered to leave their farms and villages. They were given eight days to reach "reconcentration camps" near fortified cities. Anyone found in the countrside after eight days would be killed.

The lightning dreamer

Cuba's greatest abolitionist
  • Engle, Margarita
2015
In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.

Poet Slave

  • Engle, Margarita
2006

Drum dream girl

how one girl's courage changed music
  • Engle, Margarita
2015
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.

Tiny rabbit's big wish

  • Engle, Margarita
2014
A small rabbit wishes with all his might to grow big, as big as the forest itself, until he discovers the advantage of being small and smart.

Enchanted air

a Cold War memoir
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