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2006.
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English
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Juan Francisco Manzano was born in 1797 into the household of wealthy slaveowners in Cuba. He spent his early years at the side of his owner's wife, entertaining her friends. His poetry was his outlet, reflecting the beauty and cruelty of his world. Written in verse.
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English
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"Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight [in] this fictionalized first-person biography [which] follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel"--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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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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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
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English
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"I find it so easy to forget / that I'm just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts."
Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted...
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