Leaving Glorytown : one boy's struggle under Castro / Eduardo F. Calcines.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0374343942
- 972.9106/4/092 B 22
- CT518.C35 C35 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Unknown | Beverly Middle School | 92 CALCINES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 703476 |
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.
Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010
School Library Journal starred, June 2009
Booklist, April 2009
Horn Book, October 2009
Kirkus Review, March 2009
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.
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