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Kyna
Apr 21, 2016 rated it it was amazing
I read this in one sitting! it is a beautifully written memoir about a Cuban-American girl during the Cuban Missil Crisis. I highly recommend it!
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Robin
Dec 08, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: middle-reader, read-in-2015, biography-and-memoir
A beautifully written memoir in verse about growing up in the Cold War, born to a Cuban mother and American father.
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Ann
Feb 13, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-2016, hub-challenge-2016
The premise is intriguing: a memoir that covers only the childhood years of the author (from birth through age fourteen) . . . written entirely in verse. But does a work deserve our praise simply by virtue of its novelty?

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Anna Chappell
Dec 04, 2015 rated it liked it
Very beautiful, actually, probably amazing. It's just mostly verse, and I have more trouble engaging with that style at all. ...more
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Heather Neill
Dec 09, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult, non-fiction
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Shelves: hub-challenge, middle-grade, 2015
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Adrienne
Jan 13, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: non-fiction, poetry
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Jan 19, 2016 rated it liked it
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Feb 01, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Feb 14, 2016 rated it really liked it
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Feb 23, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: yalsa-2016
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Mar 03, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult, children-s
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Julie
Jan 25, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: poetry-novels, memoir-autobiography
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Nov 17, 2021 marked it as not-finished
Shelves: children-s, read-harder21
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