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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Description
"Bold, graphic portraits and beautiful poems present famous and lesser-known Latinos from varied backgrounds who have faced life's challenges in creative ways."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage,...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
176 pages cm
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
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