Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
Description
In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA
Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree,
acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two
cultures during the Cold War. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart
lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island country, a place so lush with
vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she
lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers
when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island.
Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the
children at school are not. Then a revolution breaks out in Cuba. Margarita
fears for her far-away family. When the hostility between Cuba and the United
States erupts at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Margarita’s worlds collide in the
worst way possible. How can the two countries she loves hate each other so
much? And will she ever get to visit her beautiful island again? Read more
Features:
Product Details:
- Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (August 4, 2015)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1481435221
- ISBN-13 : 22
- Reading age : 12 years and up
- Lexile measure : 1120L
- Grade level : 7 – 9
- Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.25 inches
| Dimensions | 8.58 × 5.75 × 0.75 in |
|---|---|
| Ean | 9781481435222 |
| Mpn | YES14871352 |
| GTIN | 19781481435229 |
| Isbn | 1481435221 |
| ISBN10 | 1481435221 |
| ISBN13 | 9781481435222 |
| Upc | Does not apply |
| Brand | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
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