The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
by Engle, Margarita
Pura Belpré Award/Honor BookCubaHistorical FictionWomenAbolitionistsNovels in VerseAmelia Bloomer ProjectCoop. Children's Book Center
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AR Book Level
6.7
AR Points
2
Word Count
11,142
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
158122 EN
About this book
Free verse evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba.