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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781665988070ISBN-10:166598807XUPC:9781665988070Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Novels in Verse, Romance, PlacesBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin AmericaSize:8.25 x 5.50 x 0.59 inchesProduct ID:SCGEB172VJ
Three starred reviews! From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a "spellbinding" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse about first love, hidden cultures, and ancestral connections that follows a teen's journey to uncover her late grandmother's roots in Cuba. Just before she was transformed
into an invisible spirit
my grandmother whispered her last wishes
into my ear: Sprinkle my ashes in a patch of girasoles,
wait patiently, harvest the seeds,
fly to la isla, find el jardín,
plant las semillas.
Then and only then--
read my diaries. Evamar has arrived in Cuba with her abuela's ashes and her mother's warnings: Don't talk politics, boil the tap water before you drink, y por favor absolutamente, don't fall in love. But then she meets Río, a captivating drummer whose music and presence she can't ignore. Río bears his own scars, separated from his family in the United States. As their bond deepens, Evamar discovers an ancestral treasure that could change her future--and the lives of millions of Caribbeans.
into an invisible spirit
my grandmother whispered her last wishes
into my ear: Sprinkle my ashes in a patch of girasoles,
wait patiently, harvest the seeds,
fly to la isla, find el jardín,
plant las semillas.
Then and only then--
read my diaries. Evamar has arrived in Cuba with her abuela's ashes and her mother's warnings: Don't talk politics, boil the tap water before you drink, y por favor absolutamente, don't fall in love. But then she meets Río, a captivating drummer whose music and presence she can't ignore. Río bears his own scars, separated from his family in the United States. As their bond deepens, Evamar discovers an ancestral treasure that could change her future--and the lives of millions of Caribbeans.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781665988070ISBN-10:166598807XUPC:9781665988070Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Novels in Verse, Romance, PlacesBook Topic:Caribbean & Latin AmericaSize:8.25 x 5.50 x 0.59 inchesProduct ID:SCGEB172VJ
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer; and Wild Dreamers, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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