Cuba in My Pocket
Cuba in My Pocket
By the author of 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history.
"I don't remember. Tell me everything, Pepito. Tell me about Cuba."
...Cuevas' latest is a triumph of the heart...A compassionate, emotionally astute portrait of a young Cuban in exile. --Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW Cuevas' intense and immersive account of a Cuban boy's experience after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion brings a specific point in history alive. --Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
Cuevas packs this sophomore novel with palpable emotions and themes of friendship, love, longing, and trauma, attentively conveying tumultuous historical events from the lens of one young refugee. -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
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By the author of 2021 Pura Belpré Honor Book The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, a sweeping, emotional middle grade historical novel about a twelve-year-old boy who leaves his family in Cuba to immigrate to the U.S. by himself, based on the author's family history.
"I don't remember. Tell me everything, Pepito. Tell me about Cuba."
...Cuevas' latest is a triumph of the heart...A compassionate, emotionally astute portrait of a young Cuban in exile. --Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW Cuevas' intense and immersive account of a Cuban boy's experience after the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion brings a specific point in history alive. --Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
Cuevas packs this sophomore novel with palpable emotions and themes of friendship, love, longing, and trauma, attentively conveying tumultuous historical events from the lens of one young refugee. -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
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