Engle, Margarita
Summary: In 1920s Cuba, Rima is bullied and shunned for her illegitimacy, but finds solace in riding her horse and forges unexpected friendships with others who share her dreams of freedom and suffrage. Includes historical note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ENGCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ENGEngle, Margarita.
Summary: Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story,and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ZALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Engle 2015Engle, Margarita.
Summary: A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre' Award winner. -- Girls cannot be drummers. No one questioned that rule; until one dream girl. When at last her dream-bright music was heard, it was decided everybody should be free to drum and dream!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016