A Wave in Her Pocket
Title | A Wave in Her Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Joseph |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN |
On the island of Trinidad, Tantie tells the children six stories, some originating in the countries of West Africa, some in Trinidad, and some in her own imagination.
A Wave in Her Pocket
Title | A Wave in Her Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Joseph |
Publisher | Turtleback |
Pages | 51 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780606109642 |
On the island of Trinidad, Tantie tells the children six stories, some originating in the countries of West Africa, some in Trinidad, and some in her own imagination.
My Life with the Wave
Title | My Life with the Wave PDF eBook |
Author | Octavio Paz |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1997-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 068812660X |
A boy befriends a wave at the seashore and brings her home.
Wave in Her Pocket
Title | Wave in Her Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Joseph |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1996-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780395813096 |
On the island of Trinidad, Tantie tells the children six stories, some originating in the countries of West Africa, some in Trinidad, and some in her own imagination.
Cuba in My Pocket
Title | Cuba in My Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Adrianna Cuevas |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2021-09-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0374314683 |
By the author of 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history. “I don’t remember. Tell me everything, Pepito. Tell me about Cuba.” When the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 solidifies Castro’s power in Cuba, twelve-year-old Cumba’s family makes the difficult decision to send him to Florida alone. Faced with the prospect of living in another country by himself, Cumba tries to remember the sound of his father’s clarinet, the smell of his mother’s lavender perfume. Life in the United States presents a whole new set of challenges. Lost in a sea of English speakers, Cumba has to navigate a new city, a new school, and new freedom all on his own. With each day, Cumba feels more confident in his new surroundings, but he continues to wonder: Will his family ever be whole again? Or will they remain just out of reach, ninety miles across the sea? A Kirkus Best Children's Book of the Year "...Cuevas’ latest is a triumph of the heart...A compassionate, emotionally astute portrait of a young Cuban in exile." —Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW "Cuevas’ intense and immersive account of a Cuban boy’s experience after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion brings a specific point in history alive." —Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "Cuevas packs this sophomore novel with palpable emotions and themes of friendship, love, longing, and trauma, attentively conveying tumultuous historical events from the lens of one young refugee." — Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
Flowers in the Sky
Title | Flowers in the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Joseph |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062236423 |
Just about everyone from my country, República Dominicana, dreams of moving to New York City, except for me. On the flight to New York, my first time on a plane, my first time away from Mami, I was finally free to cry. But nothing came out. I watched as the green mountains of my beloved island slipped away far below. Fifteen-year-old Nina Perez is faced with a future she never expected. She must leave her Garden of Eden, her lush island home in Samana, Dominican Republic, when she's sent by her mother to live with her brother, Darrio, in New York, to seek out a better life. As Nina searches for some glimpse of familiarity amid the urban and jarring world of Washington Heights, she learns to uncover her own strength and independence. She finds a way to grow, just like the orchids that blossom on her fire escape. And as she is confronted by ugly secrets about her brother's business, she comes to understand the realities of life in this new place. But then she meets him—that tall, green-eyed boy—one that she can't erase from her thoughts, who just might help her learn to see beauty in spite of tragedy. From the acclaimed author of the color of my words comes a powerful story of a girl who must make her way in a new world and find her place within it.
Jump Up Time
Title | Jump Up Time PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn Joseph |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
Although she is jealous of all the attention being paid to her older sister's Carnival costume, Lily helps Christine when she gets nervous before time to go on stage.