The Surrender Tree/El árbol de la rendición : Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/Poemas de la Lucha de Cuba por su Libertad
Author(s): Margarita Engle
The Surrender Tree is a lyrical, Newbery Honor-winning history in poems, and this edition has the Spanish and English text available in one book.
It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been rounded up in reconcentration camps with too little food and too much illness. Rosa is a nurse, but she dares not go to the camps. So she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.
Black, white, Cuban, Spanish—Rosa does her best for everyone. Yet who can heal a country so torn apart by war?
Using the true story of the folk hero Rosa la Bayamesa, acclaimed poet Margarita Engle gives us another gripping, breathtaking account of a tumultuous period in Cuban history.
A 2009 Newbery Honor Book
Winner of the 2009 Pura Belpré Medal for Narrative
Winner of the 2009 Bank Street - Claudia Lewis Award
A 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year
Review(s):
“Engle writes her new book in clear, short lines of stirring free verse. Caught by the compelling narrative voices, many readers will want to find out more.” —Booklist, Starred Review
“A powerful narrative in free verse . . . haunting.” —The Horn Book
“Hauntingly beautiful, revealing pieces of Cuba's troubled past through the poetry of hidden moments.” —School Library Journal
“Young readers will come away inspired by these portraits of courageous ordinary people.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The poems are short but incredibly evocative.” —Voice of Youth Advocates
Winner Pura Belpre Author Award (2009), Américas Award - Winner, Winner NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy, Pura Belpre Author Award, NCSS-CBC: Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, Long-listed ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Winner CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI), Newbery Honor Book, Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Long-listed Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year (2009), Winner Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, Winner, Commended Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor, Long-listed Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award Master List, American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults, Commended Newbery Honor Book (2009), NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Long-listed Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book, Winner Kansas State Reading Circle, Bank Street Claudia Lewis Award, Winner Bank Street Claudia Lewis Award (2009), Long-listed Booklist Editors' Choice, American Library Association Notable Children's Books, Long-listed ALA Notable Children's Books
ISBN: 9780312608712