Engle, Margarita, <br/><br/>
The surrender tree :  poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom /  [print] 
Margarita Engle. 
 - first edition. 
 - New York :  Henry Holt and Company,  [(c)2008 +] (Harrisonburg, Virginia :  R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company) 
 - 169 pages ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Advertisement on dust jacket. 
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<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba. 
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<br/><br/> A Junior Library Guild selection.  Newbery Honor, 2009.  Pura Belpre Author Award, 2009.  Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0805086749 9780805086744 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Junior Library Guild  http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007027591 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's poetry, American.<br/>Historical poetry--Juvenile poetry.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--History--1810-1899--Juvenile poetry.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3555.E58.S877 2008 PS3555.N4254.E58.S877 2008