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Bluest Sky, The
Cristina Diaz Gonzalez
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-37279-1
Keywords: Immigration, Politics, Death, Family, Friendship, Mariel Boatlift (1980)
In 1980 Héctor, 11, must leave Cuba for political reasons, though he longs to compete in the International Math Olympiad for his country. Spanish-English glossary.