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A beautiful story, historical fiction about a little known historical phenomena - Cuban immigrants in the US in the 1950-60's. Will appeal more to girls.
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I loved this book. It has a warm heart, wonderful character, important
history.
history.
Popsugar23: #21 - A book set in the decade you were born
(1960s)
(1960s)
I did not know much about the Cuban revolution. I was not aware of the fact that parents sent their children out of Cuba to escape the oppressive atmosphere under Castro. I felt for the parents feeling that sending their children to live among strangers was better than what they could hope to provide. I can only imagine what small children thought when they arrived in America to be sent to camps or to live with strangers. This book did a good job reporting both the parents and children's reactio
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This book would be excellent to pair with THE BOY WHO SAID NO by Patty Sheehy which is also set in Cuba during this time period only with a boy, also a young teen, as the main character telling the story.
Simple story, I liked reading a little about the culture in Cuba
Aug 19, 2010
Karyn The Pirate
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2011
Jenna
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it was amazing
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Shelves:
young-adult,
historical-fiction
May 09, 2011
Natalie Harvey
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really liked it
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family,
fiction,
ya,
historical-fiction,
historical,
foster-care,
multicultural,
middle-grade,
siblings,
cuba
Dec 08, 2012
Laurie
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Crystal
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May 11, 2016
Rita
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Feb 25, 2020
Jen
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Jan 15, 2021
Kirsten Barber
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Kim
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