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Engle, Margarita

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist

182 pp. | Harcourt | March, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-80743-0 $16.99
(2) YA At thirteen, Tula wonders "how many slaves / Mamá will buy with the money / she gains by marrying me to / the highest bidder." Loosely based on the early life of Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–73), this lyrical verse novel highlights Tula's need to write and her struggle for self-determination. A note sorts fact from fiction and samples Avellaneda's poetry.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2013

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