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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Medal for Latino Literature
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
In early twentieth-century Cuba, bandits terrorize the countryside as a young farm girl struggles with dyslexia. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
One hundred years ago, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world's two largest oceans and signaled America's emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood--and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day. From the young "silver people" whose...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
In 1920s Cuba, Rima is bullied and shunned for her illegitimacy, but finds solace in riding her horse and forges unexpected friendships with others who share her dreams of freedom and suffrage. Includes historical note.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Patron Recommendations: 6th Grade Books!
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Patron Recommendations: 6th Grade Books!
Description
Asia, Africa, Europe - Antonio's ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba. Yet for most Cubans, life is anything but beautiful. The country is fighting for freedom from Spain. Enslaved Africans and near-enslaved Chinese indentured servants are forced to work long, backbreaking hours in the fields. So Antonio feels lucky to have found a good job as a messenger, where his richly blended cultural background is an asset. Through his...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Poetry Month 2024
Description
A novel in verse about the life and work of Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Description
Escaping from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939, a young Jewish refugee dreams of finding his parents again, befriends a local girl with painful secrets of her own, and discovers that the Nazi darkness is never far away.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Description
Quebrado, used as a slave by pirates for many years, escapes during a hurricane and is befriended by villagers who teach him to live on his own, until one day he is faced with his former captors and he must decide their fate.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Description
In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day, then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Pura Belpre Honor for Latino Literature
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
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Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile Over 1000
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
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Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, un sello editorial de Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
Asia, África, Europa: los ancestros de Antonio chocaron y se mezclaron en la hermosa isla de Cuba. El país lucha por independizarse de España. Los esclavos africanos y los chinos bajo servidumbre por endeudamiento son forzados a trabajar largas horas, rompiéndose el lomo en los campos de cultivo. Por eso Antonio se siente afortunado de haber conseguido trabajo como mensajero, haciendo que su rica mezcla cultural sea una ventaja. A traves de su...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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Description
A Rima le encanta montar a caballo con la abuela y las mambisas, las valientes veteranas que lucharon durante las guerras de independencia en Cuba. Feministas de varios orígenes se han reunido en clubes de votación para exigir el sufragio y la igualdad de las mujeres, pero no todos quieren igualdad para todo el mundo... especialmente para alguien como Rima Marín. En los años 1920 en Cuba, los niños "ilegítimos" como ella eran intimidados y rechazados....
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Children's New Books: February 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Recommended: 6th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Description
Lonely Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she enjoys caring for injured animals, but her budding friendship with Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, emboldens Oriol, an aspiring writer, to open up and create a world of words for herself.
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