The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom
(2008)
By:
Engle, Margarita
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/811.54/ENGLE,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Co., [2008]
©2008
©2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
169 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0805086749 (hardcover), 9780805086744 (hardcover), 0805086749 (hardcover) :, 9780805086744 (hardcover) :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The names of the flowers, 1850-51 -- The Ten Years War, 1868-78 -- The Little War, 1878-80 -- The War of Independence, 1895-98 -- The surrender tree, 1898-99
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba
NP
A Junior Library Guild selection
Newbery Honor, 2009
Pura Belpre Author Award, 2009
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009