Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Margarita Engle$28.04
$32.99
Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba.
As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 03/31/2009
ISBN: 9780805089363
Pages: 199
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d
Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Commended
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner
Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/2009
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2009
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2009 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2009 pg. 48
School Library Journal 06/01/2009 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 395 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 130906 / Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 2