| Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck Contributor(s): Engle, Margarita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805092404 ISBN-13: 9780805092400 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $27.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Central & South America - Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2010011690 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Series: Pura Belpre Honor Books - Author (Narrative) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 143562 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado--half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between his mother's Taíno Indian language and his father's Spanish. But when a hurricane sinks the ship and most of its crew, it is Quebrado who escapes to safety. He learns how to live on land again, among people who treat him well. And it is he who must decide the fate of his former captors. Latino interest. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engle, Margarita: - Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet, novelist, and journalist whose work has been published in many countries. She is the author of young adult nonfiction books and novels in verse including The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book, The Poet Slave of Cuba, Hurricane Dancers, The Firefly Letters, and Tropical Secrets. She lives in northern California. |