My Brigadista Year Contributor(s): Paterson, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763695084 ISBN-13: 9780763695088 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - Latin America |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 10-14 |
Grade Level: 5-9 |
Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 7.9" L (0.85 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
Features: Ikids, Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/21/2017 Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2017 BookPage 10/01/2017 School Library Journal 10/01/2017 Booklist 10/01/2017 pg. 84 Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2017 - Recommended - Better Than Most Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2017 Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 86 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 119 - Superior,Well Above Average |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 192449 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read. When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Nora has barely been outside of Havana -- why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody's kitchen? But Nora is stubborn: didn't her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Surprisingly, Nora's abuela takes her side, even as she makes Nora promise to come home if things get too hard. But how will Nora know for sure when that time has come? Shining light on a little-known moment in history, Katherine Paterson traces a young teen's coming-of-age journey from a sheltered life to a singular mission: teaching fellow Cubans of all ages to read and write, while helping with the work of their daily lives and sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries hiding in the hills nearby. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author's note and a timeline of Cuban history. |
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