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Engle, Margarita

Island Creatures

272 pp. | Atheneum | July, 2025 | Trade ISBN 9781665959957 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 9781665959971 $10.99
(3) YA Miami teens Vida and Adán, who knew each other as children in Cuba, reconnect through a shared interest in animals. It is unclear whether their relationship can survive familial issues and past traumas until a hurricane strikes the breeding zoo where they are camp counselors, forcing them to protect the zoo’s creatures and support each other. Following the style and themes of Wings in the Wild (rev. 5/23) and Wild Dreamers, Engle’s latest verse novel presents another story of Cuban emigration and teenage romance, this one perfect for animal lovers.
Reviewer: Monica de los Reyes

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