In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
year: 2022
call number/section: 1000
subjects: starvation, juvenile fiction, dogs, families, cuba, fiction, love, family life, cuba, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, romance fiction, novels in verse
Editions
Engle, Margarita
In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
Schools: 29
Engle, Margarita
Atheneum (2022)
In Cuba's "special period in times of peace" of 1991, Liana and Amado find love after their severe hunger gives both courage to risk government retribution by skipping a summer of labor to seek food. Told in their two voices plus that of the stray dog that brought them together.
Schools: 5