The Surrender Tree / El árbol de la rendición : Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/ Poemas de la lucha de Cuba por su libertad (Bilingual) (Paperback)

from twonickels

Engle is so good at getting to the core of her historical characters - their voices really shine. And this is such a rich story, even with the very sparse actual historical detail that exists about Rosa and her husband. I am starting to think that verse novels are an ideal way to tell fictionaliz...

from twonickels

Engle is so good at getting to the core of her historical characters – their voices really shine. And this is such a rich story, even with the very sparse actual historical detail that exists about Rosa and her husband. I am starting to think that verse novels are an ideal way to tell fictionaliz...

from mathqueen

This story, written in first-person prose, gives insight into the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain. The protagonist, Rosa, is a selfless heroine, healing wounded from the war, caring for orphans, and even healing Spanish soldiers left to die on battlefields. Because she uses the plants ...

from sriches

How can there be a little war? Are some deaths smaller than others, leaving mothers who weep a little less? Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. Her people have been rounded up in reconcentration camps, where there is always too little food and too much illness....

from ccharris

This collection of poems is an accurate depiction of Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain in the late 1800s. Written in free verse, the language is simple and easy to understand. The story is told from four perspectives focusing on Rosa, a nurse who uses herbal remedies to help wounded sla...