6/22/2023 0 Comments Enchanted air poems![]() ![]() ![]() This historical memoir/love poem to Cuba couldn’t be more timely. Engle captures the heart of a quiet, young girl torn between two cultures. The author’s memories focus on the first 14 years of her life, beginning with idyllic summers spent in her mother’s homeland of Cuba and ending during the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis and subsequent travel ban. * "A deeply personal memoir-in-verse filled with Engle’s trademark intricately woven lyricism. ![]() How can the two countries she loves hate each other so much? And will she ever get to visit her beautiful island again? Excerpt When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupts at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Margarita’s worlds collide in the worst way possible. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. ![]() Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. ![]()
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