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Wings in the Wild
Margarita Engle
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-66592-636-2
Keywords: Novels in verse, Environmentalism, Refugees, Political prisoners, Protest movements, Costa Rica
Forced to flee Cuba because of her parents' work as artists, Soleida escapes to Central America, meeting Dariel, a Cuban American musician. Together they fight to protect the rainforest. In verse. Also available in Spanish.