The Surrender Tree: Poems Of Cuba's Struggle For Freedom (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (English and Spanish Edition)

Engle, Margarita

ISBN 10: 060610545X ISBN 13: 9780606105453

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2010

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Poems that explore Cuba's fight for independence follow Rosa, a nurse who turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her, and where she does her best to help everyone, with no regard to race or nationality.

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About the Author

Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet, novelist, and journalist whose work has been published in many countries. She is the author of young adult nonfiction books and novels in verse including The Poet Slave of Cuba, Hurricane Dancers, The Firefly Letters, and Tropical Secrets. The Surrender Tree was a Newbery Honor Book. She lives in northern California.

From AudioFile

This fascinating, beautifully crafted history follows Cuba's nineteenth-century struggles for independence from Spain. In alternating viewpoints and voices, we hear from Rosa, a Cuban healer; Lieutenant Death, a slave hunter who chases her; and Weyler, a ruthless Spanish army officer. Written in free verse, the novel presents a challenge to the narrators, who have to respect both the form of the poetry and the flow of the story. Unfortunately, Yesenia Cabrero, who presents Rosa's parts (which make up the bulk of the audiobook), reads too slowly, often with the wrong emphasis, pausing because she comes to the end of a line, regardless of whether it's the end of a thought or a sentence. The four other narrators read more naturally, which makes Rosa's sections distract even more. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 060610545X
• ISBN 13: 9780606105453
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 384