Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir / Margarita Engle.
2015
PS3555.N4254 Z46 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir / Margarita Engle.
Author
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9781481435222 (hardcover)
1481435221 (hardcover)
9781481435239 (paperback)
148143523X (paperback)
1481435221 (hardcover)
9781481435239 (paperback)
148143523X (paperback)
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English.
Description
192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
PS3555.N4254 Z46 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.54 B
Summary
"In this ... memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War"--Amazon.com.
In this poetic memoir Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Her heart was in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lived in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupted at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Engle's worlds collided in the worst way possible. Would she ever get to visit her beautiful island again?
In this poetic memoir Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Her heart was in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lived in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupted at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Engle's worlds collided in the worst way possible. Would she ever get to visit her beautiful island again?
Note
"A Cold War memoir."
Audience
Young Adult
1120 Lexile
1120 Lexile
Awards
Pura Belpre Author Award, 2016.
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Table of Contents
Love at first sight
Magical travels
Winged summer
Strange sky
Two wings
Cold War time line.
Magical travels
Winged summer
Strange sky
Two wings
Cold War time line.