Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780805089363)

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 . . .

Author: Margarita Engle
ISBN-10: 0805089365
ISBN-13: 9780805089363
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 130906 / Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner
Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 02/01/2009
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2009
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2009 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2009 pg. 48
School Library Journal 06/01/2009 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 395 - Recommended, Satisfactory