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Wings in the wild / Margarita Engle.
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781665926362
- ISBN: 1665926368
- Physical Description: 211 pages ; 21.5cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. NP Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.1 2 519799. |
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| Genre: | Romance fiction. Novels in verse. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Poplar Bluff - Main Library | YA FIC ENGLE (Text) | 38420101798789 | FICTION (YA) | Available | - |
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Wings in the Wild
This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the "inspiring and hopeful" ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights. Winged beings are meant to be free. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that doesn't meet their approval. Soleida and her parents protest this injustice with their secret sculpture garden of chained birds. Then a hurricane exposes the illegal art, and her parents are arrested. Soleida escapes to Central America alone, joining the thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica while seeking asylum elsewhere. There she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy whose enigmatic music enchants birds and animals--and Soleida. Together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba. Soon they discover that love isn't about falling--it's about soaring together to new heights. But wings can be fragile, and Soleida and Dariel come from different worlds. They are fighting for a better future--and the chance to be together.
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