Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir / Margarita Engle.
| Author/creator |
Engle, Margarita author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
| Description | 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Love at first sight -- Magical travels -- Winged summer -- Strange sky -- Two wings -- Cold War time line. |
| Abstract | In this poetic memoir Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Her heart was 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 lived 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. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupted at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Engle's worlds collided in the worst way possible. Would she ever get to visit her beautiful island again? |
| Audience | 1120 Lexile. |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Study program note | Reading Counts! |
| Awards note | Pura Belpre Author Award, 2016 |
| LCCN | 2014017408 |
| ISBN | 9781481435222 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1481435221 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781481435239 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 148143523X (pbk.) |
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| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B EN35E | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B EN35E | ✔ Available | Place Hold |