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"When Mamacita chose to call me Estrellita, / it was her
way of imagining a little bit / of starlight, deep down in
that cavern / where only rare streaks of day or night /
could reach--now, Lucero and I will be / Morning Star and
Little Star, / a lit-from-within racing team "

A young girl stricken with rickets and her mother
face the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the
challenges of a new century and innovative teachers.
Dreams realized and dreams crushed exploring the
freedoms only a magical horse can offer.
Award...

But her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank book filled with clean white pages. "Think of it as a garden," she says. Soon Fefa starts to sprinkle words across the pages of her wild book. She lets her words sprout like seedlings, shaky at first, then growing stronger and surer with each new day. And when her family is threatened, it is what Fefa...

It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.

Black, white, Cuban, Spanish--Rosa does her best for everyone. Yet who can heal a country so torn apart by war? Acclaimed poet Margarita Engle has created another breathtaking portrait of Cuba.

The Surrender Tree is a 2009 Newbery Honor Book, the winner of the 2009 Pura...

"Cuando Mamacita decidiO nombrarme Estrellita / fue
su modo de imaginar un poco / la luz de las estrellas, en
el fondo de esa cueva / a la que solo llegaban / escasas
luces del dIa o de la noche. / Ahora Lucero y yo seremos
/ el caballo del alba y la pequeNa estrella: / un equipo de
carreras iluminado por dentro "
Una chica joven lisiado con ricketts y su madre enfrentan
las secuelas de la Guerra Hispano-Americana, los desafIos
de un nuevo siglo y profesores innovadores.
SueNos Realidad y sueNos aplastados explorando las
...

Award winning author Margarita Engle brings a tale of history mixed with a touch of fantasy.

"When Mamacita chose to call me Estrellita, / it was her way of imagining a little bit / of starlight, deep down in that cavern / where only rare streaks of day or night / could reach--now, Lucero and I will be / Morning Star and Little Star, / a lit-from-within racing team "

A young girl stricken with rickets and her mother face the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the challenges of a new century and innovative teachers.

Dreams realized and dreams crushed exploring the...

Asia, Africa, Europe--Antonio Chuffat's ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba. Yet for most Cubans in the nineteenth century, 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...

"When Mamacita chose to call me Estrellita, / it was her
way of imagining a little bit / of starlight, deep down in
that cavern / where only rare streaks of day or night /
could reach--now, Lucero and I will be / Morning Star and
Little Star, / a lit-from-within racing team "

A young girl stricken with rickets and her mother
face the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the
challenges of a new century and innovative teachers.
Dreams realized and dreams crushed exploring the
freedoms only a magical horse can offer.
Award...