The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/ Poemas de la lucha de Cuba por su libertad (Bilingual)
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- Synopsis
- The Surrender Tree /El árbol de la rendición is a lyrical, Newbery Honor-winning history in poems, and this bilingual edition has the Spanish and English text available in one book.It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.Black, white, Cuban, Spanish—Rosa does her best for everyone. Yet who can heal a country so torn apart by war?Using the true story of the folk hero Rosa la Bayamesa, acclaimed poet Margarita Engle gives us another gripping, breathtaking account of a tumultuous period in Cuban history.A 2009 Newbery Honor BookWinner of the 2009 Pura Belpré Medal for NarrativeWinner of the 2009 Bank Street - Claudia Lewis AwardA 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 176 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781429917445
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780805086744
- Publisher:
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Date of Addition:
- 09/22/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Margarita Engle
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Teens, Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 12–18
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.