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Tropical Secrets

Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Tropical Secrets( )
Author: Engle, Margarita
ISBN:978-0-8050-8936-3
Publication Date:Mar 2009
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Imprint:Henry Holt & Company Books For Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.99
Book Description:

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba.

As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .

Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Holocaust
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / General
Juvenile Fiction / Places / Caribbean & Latin America
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 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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