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The Lightning Dreamer
Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
By Engle, Margarita
- ISBN
- 978-0-547-80743-0
- Publisher
- Harcourt (Harcourt Trade Publishers)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
"So sorry that I am not / the sort of daughter / my mother can love," laments Tula. At thirteen, she wonders "how many slaves / Mamá will buy with the money / she gains by marrying me to / the highest bidder." Mamá herself twice thwarted her wealthy father by marrying for love; now, however, she schemes to regain her inheritance through her unwilling daughter. Tula's love is language -- the banned words of the poet Heredia "refusing to accept / the existence of slavery" and her own wor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Older Fiction
At thirteen, Tula wonders "how many slaves / Mamá will buy with the money / she gains by marrying me to / the highest bidder....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
