Coming Up Cuban: Rising Past Castro's Shadow

by Sonia Manzano

Book Overview

From Pura Belpr? Honoree and Emmy-award winning actor Sonia Manzano--best known as "Maria" from Sesame Street--comes the expansive and timeless story of four children who must carve out a path for themselves in the wake of Fidel Castro's rise to power.

Fifteen-time Emmy Award winner and Pura Belpre honoree Sonia Manzano examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1338065157
• ISBN13: 9781338065152
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7