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Summary:

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.

Table of Contents:

• 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.

Author/Creator:

Engle, Margarita

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The surrender tree: poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom [by Engle, M.]

Subjects:

Cuba — History — 1810-1899 — Juvenile poetry

Children's poetry, American

1810-1899

Cuba

Genres:

Poetry

History

Juvenile works

General Notes:

A Junior Library Guild selection
Newbery Honor Book, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168).
"Pura Belpré Award"--Medallion on dust jkt.

Audience:

Children

Physical Description:

169 pages ; 21 cm

Call Numbers:

J811 E58su

ISBNs:

0805086749 (hardcover)
9780805086744 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007027591

OCLC Numbers:

156845784