Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young...
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Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805089363 (0805089365)
Publish date: March 31st 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Jewish,
Poetry,
World War II,
Holocaust
I preferred Engle's The Lightning Dreamer to Tropical Secrets. The writing and the story of The Lightning Dreamer was just more interesting to me. But Tropical Secrets was still good (I read it in one sitting). It covered a bit of history I knew nothing about (Jewish refugees in Cuba). I don't know ...
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