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The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
5.0
The search for an authentic Cuban story told by a Cuban led me to this book and I’m glad this historical middle grade fiction did not disappoint!
Set in 1961 during Fidel Castro’s turbulent revolution, this book follows the story of fourteen-year-old Lucía Álvarez, as she lives a happy and carefree life in a sleepy Cuban town with her younger brother, Frankie and her loving parents. As the revolution leads on, the world around Lucía slowly starts to cave in.
To protect the children, her parents are forced to make the most difficult of all decisions- to send Lucía and Frankie to America on their own, not knowing if they will ever get to see them again, if they will ever hold them close again.
This is a wonderfully written, tenderly told, moving tribute to some 14,000 unaccompanied children, and their parents who made the excruciating decision to part with them for their own good.
Set in 1961 during Fidel Castro’s turbulent revolution, this book follows the story of fourteen-year-old Lucía Álvarez, as she lives a happy and carefree life in a sleepy Cuban town with her younger brother, Frankie and her loving parents. As the revolution leads on, the world around Lucía slowly starts to cave in.
To protect the children, her parents are forced to make the most difficult of all decisions- to send Lucía and Frankie to America on their own, not knowing if they will ever get to see them again, if they will ever hold them close again.
This is a wonderfully written, tenderly told, moving tribute to some 14,000 unaccompanied children, and their parents who made the excruciating decision to part with them for their own good.