Rima's Rebellion

Courage in a Time of Tyranny

Rima's Rebellion
Margarita Engle
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NZ$ 35.00
Hardback
h210 x 140mm - 208pg
15 Feb 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781534486935
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An inspiring coming-of-age story from award-winning author Margarita Engle about a girl falling in love for the first time while finding the courage to protest for women' s right to vote in 1920s Cuba. Rima loves to ride horses alongside her abuela and Las Mambisas, the fierce women veterans who fought during Cuba' s wars for independence. Feminists from many backgrounds have gathered in voting clubs to demand suffrage and equality for women, but not everybody wants equality for all-especially not for someone like Rima. In 1920s Cuba, illegitimate children like her are bullied and shunned. Rima dreams of a day when she is free from fear and shame, the way she feels when she' s riding with Las Mambisas. As she seeks her way, Rima forges unexpected friendships with others who long for freedom, especially a handsome young artist named Maceo. Through turbulent times, hope soars, and with it. . . love.
"Engle' s lyrical poems take various forms, and despite the fictional tale, the fight for women' s rights in Cuba is based on history and reflective of many of today' s social struggles. Rima' s passion and courage is sure to inspire today' s readers to take up their own fight for equality and justice. " -- Booklist "As Engle' s absorbing verse novel opens in Cuba, 1923, narrator Rima is growing up in a household of three strong women . . . Engle smoothly inserts enough historical context to demonstrate how grievously the political/social/Church deck was stacked against Cuban women' s progress. " -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children' s Books
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima' s Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpre Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl; Dancing Hands; and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781534486935
Published: 15 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 338g
Pages: 208

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