Forest World, Hardcover/Margarita Engle

Descriere

From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively middle grade novel in verse that tells the story of a Cuban-American boy who visits his family's village in Cuba for the first time--and meets a sister he didn't know he had. Edver isn't happy about being shipped off to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows. The island is a place that no one in Miami ever mentions without a sigh, but travel laws have suddenly changed, and now it's a lot easier for divided families to be reunited. Technology in Cuba hasn't caught up with the times, though, and Edver is expecting a long, boring summer. He was NOT expecting to meet a sister he didn't know he had. Luza is a year older and excited to see her little brother, until she realizes what a spoiled American he is. Looking for something--anything--they might have in common, the siblings sneak onto the Internet, despite it being forbidden in Cuba, and make up a fake butterfly. Maybe now their cryptozoologist mother will come to visit. But their message is intercepted by a dangerous poacher, and suddenly much more than their family is at stake. Edver and Luza have to find a way to overcome their differences to save the Cuban jungle that they both have grown to love.

Despre autor

Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle
scriitoare americană de literatură pentru copii, columnistă și poetă · n. 1951

Margarita Engle este o poetă și autoare cubano-americană, creatora multor cărți premiate pentru copii, tineri și adulți. Majoritatea povestirilor sale sunt scrise în versuri și reflectă moștenirea sa cubaneză, precum și aprecierea și cunoașterea profundă a naturii.

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