Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck Pura Belpre Honor Books - Author Narrative Hardcover Margarita Engle

from cheme2005

I received Hurricane Dancers as an early review copy from Goodreads as part of the giveaway program. It was a quick enjoyable read, told from the point of view of 5 individual characters in verse form. At first I wasn't quite sure how it would read but each poem or verse has been created in a way...

from ShouldIReadIt

Engle uses poetic narrative to tell this historical fiction story of Cuba's first pirate, his slave, and a hostage when all are shipwrecked on the island. Weaving in a love story as well as tales of slavery, Engle manages to portray the simplistic life of the Taino Indians on Cuba before all was ...

from abbylibrarian

Significant for its unique subject matter and perspective. As we've come to expect from Margarita Engle, this book has a great author's note and is based on some fantastic research.

from cheme2005

I received Hurricane Dancers as an early review copy from Goodreads as part of the giveaway program. It was a quick enjoyable read, told from the point of view of 5 individual characters in verse form. At first I wasn't quite sure how it would read but each poem or verse has been created in a way...

from TeamDewey

Historical fiction is not usually my style. I thought it was well written.