Awards

• Commended for Pura Belpre Award (Author) 2012
• Winner of Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2012

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<p> The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. -- VOYA <p> Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. -- Booklist , STARRED REVIEW<p> Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. -- School Library Journal <p> Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. -- Horn Book Magazine <p>. ..the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. -- Publishers Weekly <p> Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. -- Kirkus Reviews

The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. --VOYA Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. --Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. --School Library Journal Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. --Horn Book Magazine .. .the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. --Publishers Weekly Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. --Kirkus Reviews The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. VOYA Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. School Library Journal Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. Horn Book Magazine the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. Publishers Weekly Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. Kirkus Reviews The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. VOYA Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. School Library Journal Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. Horn Book Magazine the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. Publishers Weekly Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. Kirkus Reviews The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. -- VOYA Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. -- Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. -- School Library Journal Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. -- Horn Book Magazine .. .the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. -- Publishers Weekly Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. -- Kirkus Reviews

The unique juxtaposition of poetry and cruelty creates a peculiar literary tension. <i>VOYA</i></p> Once again, Engle fictionalizes historical fact in a powerful, original story. <i>Booklist, STARRED REVIEW</i></p> Unique and inventive, this is highly readable historical fiction that provides plenty of fodder for discussion. <i>School Library Journal</i></p> Like intersecting rip tides, several first-person narratives converge in this verse novel of the sixteenth century. <i>Horn Book Magazine</i></p> the subject matter is an excellent introduction to the age of exploration and its consequences, showing slavery sinking its insidious roots in the Americas and the price paid by those who were there first. <i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> Taken individually the stories are slight, but they work together elegantly; the notes and back matter make this a great choice for classroom use. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p>

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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 Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book, The Poet Slave of Cuba, The Firefly Letters, and Tropical Secrets. She lives in northern California.

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