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2) Refugee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When unrest hits the streets of Havana, Cuba, Julian's parents must make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation. But when the boys get to Miami, they are thrust into a world where bullies seem to run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves. Inspired very much by his own experiences of leaving Cuba when he was a boy, Flores-Galbis offers up a coming-of-age story...
Author
Series
Wild Survival volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her older brother Feye travel the globe with their parents, the hosts of a suspenseful nature show called "Wild Survival!" The show features daring animal rescues and the work the family does at their animal sanctuary. They've recently gotten an offer to take the show from YouTube to a TV network, and Adrianna is thrilled. So far, she's always been behind the scenes, but now she gets to join the rest of her...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Draws on little-known Cuban history to tell a stirring story in poetry. Based on the diaries and letters of Swedish suffragist Fredrika Bremer, who spent three months in Cuba in 1851, the story focuses on oppressed women, the privileged as well as the enslaved, in three alternating free-verse narratives.
Author
Series
Wild survival volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The story about a girl finding her voice...and fighting for survival against the legendary Mega Croc of Cuba.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.
Author
Series
Unicorn Rescue Society volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A legendary sea serpent is missing. Can the Unicorn Rescue Society find it ... and end Cuba's terrible drought?" "--Page 4 of cover.
11) A song of frutas
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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
Simon Spotlight, an impring to Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Vivo sets off for a short trip to Miami, but there's nothing short about the journey he ends up taking! Join him as he sings and dances his way on his quest to keep a promise, and as he makes new friends along the way!"--
Author
Publisher
[Diana C. Reep and Emily Ann Allen]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Jesse Turner from Liberty, Missouri, lies about his age and joins Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders on their way to fight the Spanish in Cuba in 1898. Jesse has volunteered 'to do the right thing' as compensation for his father's outlaw life and to prove he is not like his father. In the Rough Riders, Jesse makes two close friends-New Yorker Will and Ben, a Comanche from the Indian Territories. Soon, Jesse finds the Spanish...
15) Coming up Cuban
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed. In a tumultuous moment of history, we see the lasting effects of a revolution in Havana, the countryside, Miami, and New York. Their separate narratives build, overlap, and entwine to creat one inspiring story--an adventure...
Author
Series
Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Timbuktu Labs
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Alicia Alonso, a world-renowned prima ballerina from Cuba. Alicia was born to dance. From the moment she slips on pointe shoes for the first time, she's determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance...
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