Calcines, Eduardo F. <br/><br/>
Leaving Glorytown :  one boy's struggle under Castro / 
Eduardo F. Calcines. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar Straus Giroux,  2009. 
 - 221 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Coming to Glorytown -- The revolution -- The Bay of Pigs -- Our last noche buena -- More changes -- Stories to ease the pain -- T�io William's arrest -- 149901 -- Gusanos -- Remember the Lord -- More goodbyes -- Panetelas de Vainilla -- The ashes of spring -- La Natividad -- Nguyen Van Troy -- Papa's homecoming -- Se�nora Santana -- A taste of freedom -- Planning to escape -- Flight to freedom. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010  School Library Journal starred, June 2009  Booklist, April 2009  Horn Book, October 2009  Kirkus Review, March 2009 
<br/><br/> The author reflects on his childhood growing up in 1960s Cuba, discussing how his family was treated for applying for an exit visa to the United States, his fears of being drafted into the Army, the conditions of his poor neighborhood, and more. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0374343942 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008007506 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Calcines, Eduardo F.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cubans--Biography.<br/>Refugees--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--History--1959-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CT518.C35  / C35 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.9106/4/092  B