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Engle, Margarita

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

168 pp. | Holt | April, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-8674-4 $16.95
(2) YA Between 1868 and 1898, Cuba fought three wars to gain independence. Engle uses these historical events to craft a powerful free-verse narrative told through soliloquies of various revolutionary characters, including folk heroine Rosa la Bayamesa, a former slave and healer. Engle's haunting poetry explores themes of oppression, war, and human rights through the lens of one woman's determination. Timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Jane Lopez-Santillana | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2008

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