The Red Umbrella

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Synopsis
The Red Umbrellais the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan-an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution. In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucia Alvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away...
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
284 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780375896286
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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