Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many young adult verse novels about the island, including THE SURRENDER TREE, which received the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to a Latino author, and THE LIGHTNING DREAMER, recipient of the 2014 PEN USA Award. Her books have also received multiple Pura Belpré Awards and Honors, Américas Awards, Jane Addams Awards and Honors, International Reading Association Award, Claudia Lewis Poetry Award, and many others.
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Drum Dream Girl
Illustrated by Rafael López
Read by Adriana Sananes
How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpré Award winner.
Winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video; Pura Belpré Illustrator Award and Author Award; Official Selection for the San Diego Latino Film Festival 2017 - Awards
Released May 24, 2016
English, Unabridged
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Drum Dream Girl
Read by Adriana Sananes
How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
A young girl fulfills her dreams in this audio treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre Award winner.
"A beautiful account of a young girl's bravery and her important contribution toward gender equality in the creative arts." - Kirkus, starred review
Released May 24, 2016
English, Unabridged
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Miguel's Brave Knight
Read by Thom Rivera
Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra imagines the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.
"An intriguing, lightly fictionalized introduction to an iconic author..." - Booklist, Starred Review
Released June 5, 2018
English, Unabridged
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Miguel's Brave Knight
Illustrated by Raúl Colón
Read by Thom Rivera
Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra imagines the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.
"An intriguing, lightly fictionalized introduction to an iconic author..." - Booklist, Starred Review
Released June 5, 2018
English, Unabridged
