Tropical Secrets
Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Henry Holt and Co. · Print & ebook · March 31, 2009
Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense, readable historical novel with a Caribbean setting and an unsentimental pulse.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, Novels in Verse for Teens, Immigration for Teens
- Published
- Henry Holt and Co., March 31, 2009
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Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away his ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba. As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away . . .
Sharp History
A tense, readable historical novel with a Caribbean setting and an unsentimental pulse.
Come here for
- Teen historical fiction with a sharp edge
- Cuba-and-refugee history, kept immediate
Expect
- Immersion over explanation
- A sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 91% |
|---|---|
| Immigration for Teens | 62% |
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 61% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
- Authors
- Margarita Engle
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Published
- March 31, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories for Teens