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Cuba In My Pocket

Adrianna Cuevas

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Candlewick

ISBN: 978-0-374-31467-5

Keywords: trauma, separation, dislocation, adaptation, friendship

Sent to the United States to escape Fidel's Cuba in 1961, homesick Cumba,12, must adapt to his new home, school, and language. Author's note. Glossary