• Publication Season/Year: Summer 2010
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Release Date: May 11, 2010
• ISBN (hardcover): 0375861904
• ISBN (paperback): TBD

The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution. In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucía Álvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away. Neighbors disappear. Her friends feel like strangers. And her… Continue reading

• Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
• Publisher: Chronicle
• Release Date: May 05, 2010
• ISBN (hardcover):ISBN 9780811870153

The Author: Jennifer Cervantes Location: New Mexico Jennifer was born and raised in San Diego but spent many summers in New Mexico as a child. She didn' t think there was much to do there so she made up lots of adventures and read countless books to pass the time. Somehow, she found her way back to New Mexico (temporarily) to attend college and met a boy, which lead her to make  New Mexico her home (permanently). She lives with her husband, and three daughters (who are great editors and sources of inspiration) spending much of her… Continue reading