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• List: Pura Belpré Children's Author Award
• Genre: Historical Fiction
• Genre: Fiction
• Award year: 2011

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  90 Miles to Havana

  By Enrique Flores-Galbis

  “90 Miles to Havana” is based on the author's experience as one of 14,000 children in Operation Pedro Pan. Moving from Cuba to the refugee camp in Miami, Flores-Galbis' writing is engaging, fast paced, and colorful with well-developed characters drawn from his personal experiences.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2011 (Honor Title)
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  • ISBN: 9781596431683
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  The Dreamer

  By Pam Muñoz Ryan, Peter Sís (Illustrator)

  “The Dreamer” by Pam Muñoz Ryan, author medal winner, masterfully imagines the magic-filled youth of Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. Through her skillful use of language inspired by Neruda's work, Muñoz Ryan weaves this stunning tale of a young boy's discovery of self and the development of his ideologies and artistic voice.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2011 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9780439269704