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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beautiful. Daring. Deadly. The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez--her family, her people, her country. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost. As the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Investigates the black Cuban exile community in South Florida, since the first wave of political refugees in the 1959 revolutionary aftermath, to today. It tracks its presence throughout the region, and highlights its contribution to Miami's civic culture through testimonies and visual documentation.
"The Invisible Color documentary investigates the black Cuban experience in United State and Miami Dade County in particular, since the first wave of...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Best Children's Books 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Graphic Novel
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Graphic Novel
Description
"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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Description
"Para convertir una casita en mal estado en un hogar acogedor, todo lo que se necesita es una familia con un corazón muy grande, decidida a ayudar a los demás, y ... un poquito de esperanza. La casita ofrece un hogar a aquellos que no tienen adonde ir. Es un lugar sin miedo y sin peligro en un país nuevo, y Esperanza siempre es la primera en darles la bienvenida a todos."
"When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Alexis Valdés escribe con profunda ternura sobre el niño que fue y logra reflejar en estaspáginas no solo los años más duros de su vida, sino transportar al lector a la Cuba de su infancia y adolescencia, con sus problemas, sus carencias, su dolor, pero también con una alegría de vivir y la esperanza de que algún día todo será mejor. El pequeño Alexis es un niño sensible y tímido, que vive con su madre, su hermano y su padrastro...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Best Children's Books 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
New Children's Books September 2022
Hispanic Heritage Month Children's Books
New Children's Books September 2022
Description
"Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed. In a tumultuous moment of history, we see the lasting effects of a revolution in Havana, the countryside, Miami, and New York. Their separate narratives build, overlap, and entwine to creat one inspiring story--an adventure...
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