| Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba Contributor(s): Engle, Margarita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805089365 ISBN-13: 9780805089363 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Holocaust - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008036782 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.80 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Topical - Holocaust - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 130906 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Engle, Margarita: - Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet, novelist, and journalist whose work has been published in many countries. She is the author of young adult nonfiction books and novels in verse including The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book, The Poet Slave of Cuba, Hurricane Dancers, The Firefly Letters, and Tropical Secrets. She lives in northern California. |