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Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Margarita Engle

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba.

As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away...

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Release: March 31, 2009

ISBN: 0805089365

ISBN 13: 9780805089363

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Margarita Engle

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba.

As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away...

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Release: March 31, 2009

ISBN: 0805089365

ISBN 13: 9780805089363

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