The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom /
Engle, Margarita,
The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / Margarita Engle. - first edition. - New York : Henry Holt and Company, (c)2008 +] (Harrisonburg, Virginia : R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company) - 169 pages ; 21 cm.
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The names of the flowers, 1850-51 -- The Ten Years War, 1868-78 -- The Little War, 1878-80 -- The War of Independence, 1895-98 -- The surrender tree, 1898-99.
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
A Junior Library Guild selection. Newbery Honor, 2009. Pura Belpre Author Award, 2009. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.
9780805086744
2007027591
Children's poetry, American.
Historical poetry--Juvenile poetry.
PS3555 / .S877 2008 PS3555
The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / Margarita Engle. - first edition. - New York : Henry Holt and Company, (c)2008 +] (Harrisonburg, Virginia : R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company) - 169 pages ; 21 cm.
Advertisement on dust jacket.
The names of the flowers, 1850-51 -- The Ten Years War, 1868-78 -- The Little War, 1878-80 -- The War of Independence, 1895-98 -- The surrender tree, 1898-99.
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.
A Junior Library Guild selection. Newbery Honor, 2009. Pura Belpre Author Award, 2009. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.
9780805086744
2007027591
Children's poetry, American.
Historical poetry--Juvenile poetry.
PS3555 / .S877 2008 PS3555