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  <title><![CDATA[Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;DIV&gt;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. &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;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 . . .&lt;/DIV&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Margarita Engle]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read. This. Book. True, it won't be released for a few more weeks. But make note of it now to get to this one when you get the chance. Written by Margarita Engle--an acclaimed verse novelist--the book is the story of Daniel, a Jewish refugee, and the friends he makes in Cuba--Paloma and David. Danie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49152241">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a historical novel told in poetic form. I enjoyed it as much as I did her book “The Surrender Tree”. I didn’t know this part of history until I had read the book. The story is about Daniel, a Jew from Germany. His parents have taken all of their money and purchased a ticket for him to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76333652">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Told in verse with four voices, Margarita Engle’s Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (Henry Holt, 2009) is based on the exploitation of the  Jews as they flee Nazi controlled Europe, and the problems of adapting to their new environment.  Exorbitant fees were charged for passage on these...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72274177">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daniel left his family behind in Nazi Germany and sailed for New York for a new life.  But his boat is rejected by the Americans and ends up in tropical Cuba.  He still hopes to reunite with his parents one day, but doesn’t know how they will ever find him in this unexpected port.   He is befriend...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59903078">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Haunting, lyrical verse novel tells the story of Daniel, a German Jewish boy who was sent overseas by his parents to escape the Holocaust.  His boat is denied entry into U.S. harbors, and so he ends up stranded in Cuba.  His story is interspersed with poems from the perspectives of war profiteers, o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71496349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was totally captivated by this story.  Until reading it I had no idea what so ever that there had been Holocaust refugees in Cuba.  This is a lovely little novel, told in verse, about the experience of trying to find a sense of place, home, comfort, and belonging in a land so radically different i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73356471">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If children's authors were given superpowers upon the occasion of their first publication, I know what Margarita Engle's would be. Stealth. She's the kind of author you never see coming. You can pick up a book of hers, be it <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178478.The_Poet_Slave_of_Cuba_A_Biography_of_Juan_Francisco_Manzano" title="The Poet Slave of Cuba  A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle">The Poet Slave of Cuba</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2871746.The_Surrender_Tree_Poems_of_Cuba_s_Struggle_for_Freedom" title="The Surrender Tree  Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle">The Surrender Tree</a> and you'll never see her wordp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57352597">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I honestly don't get why this book has received so much critical acclaim. The subject matter was very interesting, yes, (I didn't know Jewish refugees from the Holocaust were turned away from New York harbors and sent to Cuba) but the writing was <em>not</em> what I would call top-notch, especially for poetr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72159269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At the beginning of World War II, Daniel's family only has the money for one passage out of Germany and his parents decide he should take it. They promise to meet up with him in New York as soon as they can get out. When the ship is rejected by the United States and Canada, Daniel ends up in Cuba, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76236331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daniel and his parents (a Jewish family) wanted desperately to flee Nazi Germany, but could only afford passage for one person. His parents insisted that person be Daniel and soon he finds himself on a refugee boat that cannot find refuge anywhere. Daniel ends up in Cuba, befriending a catholic Cuba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63323265">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ So far everything I've read by Margarita Engle has been lovely. This book didn't grab my gut in the same way that her Poet Slave of Cuba did, but I still found it to be pretty un-put-downable.  I had no idea about the history of Holocaust refugees in Cuba. My 9 year old is reading it now as she is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76007582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very moving read, but most valuable for its different slant on the holocaust .  Thirteen-year-old Daniel, a Krystalnacht survivor and the only one his family could afford to send out of Germany, ending up unexpectedly in a tropical, Spanish-speaking country where he begins to make a new li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69209149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The resettlement of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Cuba was something that I vaguely knew about, but had not learned about in detail. It was with great curiosity and anticipation (the author, Margarita Engle, received a Newbery Honor for last year's The Surrender Tree) that I picked up Tropica...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65292469">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not my favorite of Engle's books. The others felt more personal to the main characters, and I cared about them more, felt more urgency about their situation. This one wasn't a gripping as the others. Still, she does a wonderful job telling personal stories through verse.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daniel has arrived on Cuba with a boat full of other Jews seeking refuge from the Nazis.  Told in verse, the book does provide a beautiful sensory experience that I may never visit in my lifetime.  I just wish the chacters voices had been more distinct. It was okay.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Engle shares another episode of Cuban history that will be unfamiliar to most American readers -- the experience of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who found safe haven there, as well as the many who were turned away.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the history behind this book, but the characters weren't as gripping (at least for me) as in Surrender Tree or Poet Slave of Cuba. Still, I think it is a worthy read and may inspire kids and teens to do some research.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked out The Surrender Tree and never wound up reading it (I think I was judging it by its cover), but I was pretty blown away by this story. I'm adding it to my read-aloud list for next year.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice.  Pair with NF title &quot;Denied Detained Deported&quot; which has a section that deals with boats of refugees being denied at the US border then heading to Cuba.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I never knew about how the Nazi's tried to make Cubans hate Jews.    This is a really interesting part of history and Tropical Secrets made me want to learn more about it.   It is scary to think how many boats of refugees were turned away from Cuba during this time period.     ]]></body>
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