Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
by Engle, Margarita
VOYA: The Perfect TensJane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BPanamaHistorical FictionNovels in VerseIRA Notable Books for a Global SocietyJunior Library Guild Selection
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AR Book Level
6.8
AR Points
2
Word Count
14,026
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
337115 EN
About this book
Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal.