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Tropical Secrets

Name: Tropical Secrets
ISBN: 9780805089363

Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Margarita Engle

Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · March 31, 2009

Reading lane: Caribbean & Latin America for Teens

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again.

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Why This Clicks

Sharp History

A tense, readable historical novel with a Caribbean setting and an unsentimental pulse.

Come here for

Teen historical fiction with a sharp edge
Cuba-and-refugee history, kept immediate

Expect

Immersion over explanation
A sustained narrative read

Book Details

Authors: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: March 31, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Caribbean & Latin America for Teens · Holocaust Stories for Teens
Reading lane: Caribbean & Latin America for Teens

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Holocaust Stories for Teens
Novels in Verse for Teens
Caribbean & Latin America for Teens

About This Book

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 . . .