Flight to Freedom

by Ana Veciana-Suarez

Book Overview

First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. "Flight to Freedom" is closely based on Suarez's own story of leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s Yara... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439382009
• ISBN13: 9780439382007
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A Review from a 10-year old Girl

I think the book "Flight to Freedom" by Ana Veciana-Suarez is very interesting because the whole book is a diary of a Cuban girl who has to adapt to a new culture. The book opens in Cuba with Yara, a 13-year-old girl, in a strict boarding school. She has to work so hard in the fields that she gets callouses on her hands. She is a Christian, but she is not allowed to have a Bible. When she comes home from the school to her family, she finds out that part of the family has to move to Miami because of Cuban President Fidel Castro. Her brother has to stay behind because he was forced to join the Cuban army. Yara is devastated because she has to leave her home and her friends to go a strange country that she has never been to before. She doesn't know if she can ever return to Cuba. Once in Miami, Yara must learn how Americans live and she must learn their language too. She makes one friend in Miami and she's starting to learn how Americans dress. She gets to go to her friend's sleepover and she wants to go with her on a road trip during vacation. Does Yara get to go? What happens in the end? Will Yara move back to Cuba? Try reading this book and find out what happens! This book is a real page turner. I also like this book because it is so descriptive and detailed. One of my favorite parts of the book is a scene during math class at school in Miami. Yara tells the teacher how she learned to do subtraction a different way in Cuba. Her teacher shares the new method with the whole class, and this makes Yara feel accepted. But she still tries to do things the American way. I would recommend "Flight to Freedom" for ages 10 and up because the book is complex and it has some Spanish phrases. Some kids might find this book confusing because Yara has a huge family and there are a lot of different characters in the book to keep up with. Sometimes I got lost and did not understand what the author was trying to say. But overall, the book made me curious about Cuba and I'm glad I read it! One thing I am still wondering about is exactly why Yara's family had to go to Miami. Maybe you can find out.

flight to freedom

The book review of Flight to freedom Hi my name is Alvin Wyatt. This book is about a Cuban family trying to get to America until there Cuban ruler is put in jail. The theme is justice because Cuba has a ruler who treats them badly and they can not return until there ruler is token away. In this story the characters all know each other. The characters are - Ileana, Carmen, Mami, Papi, Cynthia, Yara Garcia. Most people will not talk to them because they are moving to America. They live in a very poor land and have a little house .they have to wait an hour for a bar of soap. some people get in fights waiting for supplies some people even die in line. They are now living in America with some family members who moved there a while ago . will there Cuban ruler get put in jail. Will they return to Cuba. you will have to read it to find out. I would recommend this book for nine and up.

The Best of The Best

This book is about a girl who has to face many struggles. Not just herself, but her family as well. Her parents end up coming here to Miami. This is a very realistic book because it actually mentions places we have here in Miami. To me this is a must read book. You feel as if you were in Ana's place because the author explains how Ana feels when she arrives here and how she goes through to accomplish school goals.

Love freedom

I like this book because that wodrs the was said ana are tru and also i liked is because she has a cousen that go to the army and his family miss alot.And i have a cousen that he is in the navy and i miss him alot because hi is my favorite cousen and i have a year that i dont see him,i wish that i see him soon.Ana has the same time that i have,i like this book because i pass the same of ana,and also i'm wreting of this because i left his friends in cuba and i did the same thing bout i left them in mexico.

A moving story

Flight to Freedom is a moving story about a young Cuban immigrant who moves to the United States without knowing any English. Her family had left Cuba because of their unjust communist leader, Fidel Castro, and had not been able to come as a whole family because their older brother had been forced to join the Cuban army. In her diary, Yara records all her joys and woes and it ends up being a great book.