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Drum dream girl how one girl's courage changed music

Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl da...

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Main Author: Engle, Margarita (Author)
Other Authors: López, Rafael, 1961- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Subjects:
Drummers (Musicians) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Dance music > Juvenile nonfiction.
Sex role > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cuba > History > 1909-1933 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Poetry > Juvenile.
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Summary: Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical reference.
ISBN: 9780544102293 (hbk.)
0544102290 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist. Her books include The Wild Book, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, The Lightning Dreamer, When You Wander, Mountain Dog, and Silver People. She has received several awards including the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Américas Award, and the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for The Surrender Tree and the Pura Belpré Award and the Américas Award for The Poet Slave of Cuba.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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