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Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba

Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by Antonio Martorell

This volume gathers two previously published memoirs and a third collection of essays about childhood in Cuba before communism rose to power. The pieces portray life within a large, close extended family. Some incidents appear more than once, told in different ways, as family stories often are. Together, the recollections present scenes from childhood and the compassion the narrator learned to show the people around her.

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Themes
Cultural Heritage · Empathy · Family · Growing Up · History
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
August 25, 2015
ISBN-13
9781481429009
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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