Your Heart, My Sky

Love in a Time of Hunger

Your Heart, My Sky
Margarita Engle
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NZ$ 19.99
Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 240pg
19 Apr 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781534464971
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Acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells a "deeply felt and engrossing" (Horn Book Magazine) story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family' s struggles during a dark period in Cuba' s history. The people of Cuba are living in el periodo especial en tiempos de paz-the special period in times of peace. That' s what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation. Liana is struggling to find enough to eat. Yet hunger has also made her brave: she finds the courage to skip a summer of so-called volunteer farm labor, even though she risks government retribution. Nearby, a quiet, handsome boy named Amado also refuses to comply, so he wanders alone, trying to discover rare sources of food. A chance encounter with an enigmatic dog brings Liana and Amado together. United in hope and hunger, they soon discover that their feelings for each other run deep. Love can feed their souls and hearts-but is it enough to withstand el periodo especial?
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: 9781534464971
Published: 19 Apr 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 240

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