The Lightning Dreamer

Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist

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Author:

Engle, Margarita

ISBN:

978-0-547-80743-0

Publication Date:

Mar 2013

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $16.99

Book Description:

Newbery Honor-winner Margarita Engle tells the story of Cuban folk hero, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda in this powerful YA historical novel in verse.

Book Details

Pages:	192
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Stories In Verse Juvenile Fiction / Books & Libraries Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Juvenile Fiction / Places / Caribbean & Latin America
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.5 x 8 x 0.77 Inches
Book Weight:	0.682 Pounds

Author Biography

Engle, Margarita (Author)

Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist. Her books include The Wild Book, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, The Lightning Dreamer, When You Wander, Mountain Dog, and Silver People. She has received several awards including the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Américas Award, and the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for The Surrender Tree and the Pura Belpré Award and the Américas Award for The Poet Slave of Cuba.

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