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Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Engle, Margarita (Author)

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 ISBN: 1534429549     ISBN-13: 9781534429543
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2018003603
Age Level: 13-17
Grade Level: 8-12
Lexile Measure: 1190(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" L (0.35 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
Features: Ikids
 
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Publisher Description:
In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Newbery Honor-winning author 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 places.

Contributor Bio(s): Engle, Margarita: - Margarita Engle was the 2017--2019 national Young People's Poet Laureate, and received the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize. She is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, including Soaring Earth; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer, a PEN Literary Award for Young Adult Literature winner. Her verse memoir, Enchanted Air, received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture book Drum Dream Girl received the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Margarita was born in Los Angeles, but developed a deep attachment to her mother's homeland during childhood summers with relatives. She continues to visit Cuba as often as she can. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
 
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