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In 1962, Carols Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba - exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by the revolution. The memories of Carlos's life in Havana, cut short when he was just eleven years old, are at the heart of this stunning, evocative, and unforgettable memoir.
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[2015]
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Offers an account of the first fourteen years of the author's life in poems, telling of her time spent between her mother's native Cuba and her home in Los Angeles, until the revolution in Cuba dramatically alters relations between the two countries she loves.
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2019.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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This title focuses on Havana singer and songwriter Camila Cabello. The book explores information related to her early life, her time in the spotlight, and the legacy she will leave behind. This hi-lo title is complete with dazzling photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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[2019]
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IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"In this follow-up to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Margarita Engle details her teenage years in Los Angeles against the turbulent backdrop of the Vietnam War. In vulnerable verse, she addresses the notions of peace, civil rights, freedom of expression, and environmental protection that are once again under threat. Despite these circumstances, young Margarita was able to find solace and empowerment through her education"--
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1997
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IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
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El autor cuenta como fue crecer en la pequena Havana de Miami. Llego desde Cuba cuando era nino. En esta novela el autor nos cuenta sus problemas para aceptar la cultura Americana, su separacion eventual de su familia, y sus sentimientos sobre su pais natal. (An immigrant from Cuba as a child, the author recounts growing up in Miami's Little Havana, his struggle to come to terms with American culture, his eventual estrangement from his family, and...
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2014.
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"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my bed, the memoir of one Colombian-Cuban daughter's rebellions and negotiations with the women who raised her and the world that wanted to fit her into a cubbyhole....
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