My Brigadista Year

by Katherine Paterson

Book Overview

In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.

When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763695084
• ISBN13: 9780763695088
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9