The Surrender Tree/El Arbol de La Rendicion: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/Poemas de La Lucha de Cuba Por Su Libertad
Books | Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Central & South America
Margarita Engle
It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her. Black, white, Cuban, Spanish—Rosa does her best for everyone. Yet who can heal a country so torn apart by war? Acclaimed poet Margarita Engle has created another breathtaking portrait of Cuba. The Surrender Tree is a 2009 Newbery Honor Book, the winner of the 2009 Pura Belpre Medal for Narrative and the 2009 Bank Street - Claudia Lewis Award, and a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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More Details:
Author
Margarita Engle
Pages
384
Publisher
Square Fish
Published Date
2010-03-16
ISBN
0312608713 9780312608712
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"This book plucked a lot of heart strings and really gets you immersed in the late 19th century cuban jungle where all you can believe in is dim hope. Its also a shirt book you could probably get it done with in a day"
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