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THE RED UMBRELLA by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

December 9th, 2008 by Christina Diaz Gonzalez · Email post Email post · Print Print

    • 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

    Categories: 2010 Spring · Alfred A. Knopf · Drama · Family · Florida · Friendship · Gonzalez, Christina Diaz · Historical Fiction · History · Local · Middle Grade · Multicultural · National

    TORTILLA SUN By Jennifer Cervantes

    December 9th, 2008 by Jen Cervantes · Email post Email post · Print Print

      • Publication Season/Year: Spring 2010
      • Publisher: Chronicle
      • Release Date: May 05, 2010
      • ISBN (hardcover):ISBN 9780811870153
      "Sometimes you can't see the magic. You just know it's there because you can feel it." Tortilla Sun -- When twelve-year-old Izzy discovers a beat-up baseball marked with the words "Because…magic" while unpacking in yet another new apartment, she is determined to figure out what it means. What secrets does this old ball have to tell? Her mom certainly isn't sharing any—especially when it comes to Izzy's father, who died before Izzy was born. But when she spends the summer in her Nana's remote New Mexico village, Izzy discovers long-buried
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      Categories: 2010 Spring · Cervantes, Jennifer · Chronicle · Contemporary · Family · Friendship · Local · Middle Grade · Multicultural · National · New Mexico · Rated G · Young Adult