My Brigadista Year

Paterson, Katherine

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Paterson, Katherine

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ISBN/Varenr

9781432849306

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In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.

When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Nora has barely been outside of Havana -- why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody's kitchen? But Nora is stubborn: didn't her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Surprisingly, Nora's abuela takes her side, even as she makes Nora promise to come home if things get too hard. But how will Nora know for sure when that time has come? Shining light on a little-known moment in history, Katherine Paterson traces a young teen's coming-of-age journey from a sheltered life to a singular mission: teaching fellow Cubans of all ages to read and write, while helping with the work of their daily lives and sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries hiding in the hills nearby. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author's note and a timeline of Cuban history.

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Produktinformasjon

ISBN/Varenr: 9781432849306
Utgivelsesdato: 21.02.2018
Utgivelsesår: 2018
Forlag: Five Star
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Personer: Paterson, Katherine
Litteraturtype: Skjønnlitteratur
Emne: Children's Books/Ages 9/12 Fiction
Målgruppe: Barn/ungdom
Aldersgrense: 0
Opplag: 0
Utgave: 0
Illustrert: Nei
Sider: 0