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My brigadista year / Katherine Paterson.

Summary:

Katherine Paterson is back - A new novel from the author of Bridge to Terabithia - based on a completely true historical event. A historical novel about a young Cuban teenager who volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign that taught those throughout the impoverished countryside to read.

Record details

ISBN: 9780763695088
ISBN: 0763695084
Physical Description: 198 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition 2017.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2017].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes timeline of Cuban history.
Formatted Contents Note:	The campaign--Havana, March 1961 -- Back to the beginning--Havana, 1947-1958 -- My secondary school--Havana, 1958-1959 -- Preparing to leave--Havana, March 1961 -- Varadero training camp--April 1961 -- Into the Escambray mountains--April 1961 -- Our squad--Base camp, April 1961 -- My new family--Arriving on assignment, early May 1961 -- Writing his own name--At the Santanas' farm, May 1961 -- I can read!--On assignment, June-July 1961 -- Danger--July 1961 -- Life goes on--On assignment, July-September 1961 -- The accident--At the Santanas' farm, September 1961 -- Too hard--October 1961 -- The decision--Late October 1961 -- Celebrations--November 1961 -- ¡Vencimos!--November-December 1961 -- ¡Vencimos!--Leaving the mountains, December 1961.
Citation/References Note:	Junior Library Guild
Target Audience Note:	10-14 years Grades 6-9. 830L Lexile. 830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 5 192449.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)