|a American poetry |v Juvenile literature.

|a Offers an account of the first fourteen years of the author's life in poems, telling of her time spent between her mother's native Cuba and her home in Los Angeles, until the revolution in Cuba dramatically alters relations between the two countries she loves. |a New York : |b Atheneum Books for Young Readers, |c In this poetic memoir thats nothing short of enchanting, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupts at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Margarita s worlds collide in the worst way possible.|a Enchanted air : |b two cultures, two wings : a memoir / |c Margarita Engle. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not.

But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother s tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpre Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War.

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