Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air

A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019

In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle recounts her teenage years during the turbulent 1960s.

Margarita Engle's childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of Cuba and the lonely, dream-soaked reality of Los Angeles. But the revolution has transformed Cuba into a mystery of impossibility, no longer reachable in real life. Margarita longs to travel the world, yet before she can become independent, she'll have to start high school.

Then the shock waves of war reach America, rippling Margarita's plans in their wake. Cast into uncertainty, she must grapple with the philosophies of peace, civil rights, freedom of expression, and environmental protection. Despite overwhelming circumstances, she finds solace and empowerment through her education. Amid the challenges of adolescence and a world steeped in conflict, Margarita finds hope beyond the struggle, and love in the most unexpected of places.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/26/2019
ISBN: 9781534429536
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019 pg. 133
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2019
Booklist 02/01/2019 pg. 68
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 131
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 99
Shelf Awareness 02/26/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 508107 / Soaring Earth
Reading Level: 7.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 2