The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle (, Hardcover). The Lightning Dreamer- Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist By Margarita Engle New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Recommended by: Rose Reissman, Ditmas IS 62 Literacy Support, United Federation of Teachers Suitable for Grades , ESL students as well “Thirteen is the age for dreams of changing the world by freeing my own heart. The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist is a fictionalized biography of Cuban abolitionist, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellanda (nicknamed Tula). The story begins in Cuba in and focuses on Tula’s life as a teenager where she struggles to understand slavery, the practice of forced marriages, the oppression of women, and the denial of an education for girls (all considered the social /5.
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Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet and novelist whose work has been published in many countries. Her books include the Newbery Honor–winning Surrender Tree, The Poet Slave of Cuba, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, and Hurricane Dancers. She lives with her husband in Northern California. Visit her website at www.doorway.ru By Margarita Engle. Available now from Harcourt (Houghton Mifflin) Review copy. THE LIGHTNING DREAMER: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist is the story of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, called Tula. She grows up to be a poet, novelist, and playwright who combined abolitionist and feminist views in her writing. Margarita Engle. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, - Young Adult Nonfiction - pages. 5 Reviews. “I find it so easy to forget / that I’m just a girl who is expected / to live / without.
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