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Diese Serie bietet eine poetische Erkundung einer Kindheit zwischen zwei Kulturen, angesiedelt vor dem angespannten Hintergrund des Kalten Krieges. Die Protagonistin findet Trost in Worten und Vorstellungskraft, während ihre beiden Welten – das üppige, märchenhafte Kuba und das geschäftige Los Angeles – gefährlich kollidieren. Sie befasst sich mit Themen wie Identität, Verlust und der Sehnsucht nach Heimat inmitten von politischen Umwälzungen und persönlichen Turbulenzen. Dies ist eine ergreifende Erzählung über die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz, wenn geliebte Heimatländer durch Feindseligkeiten zerrissen werden.

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
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    Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

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    In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life that it seems like a fairy tale kingdom. But most of the time she lives in Los Angeles, lonely in the noisy city and dreaming of the summers when she can take a plane through the enchanted air to her beloved island. Words and images are her constant companions, friendly and comforting when the children at school are not. Then a revolution breaks out in Cuba. Margarita fears for her far-away family. When the hostility between Cuba and the United States erupts at the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Margarita's worlds collide in the worst way possible. How can the two countries she loves hate each other so much? And will she ever get to visit her beautiful island again?

    Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
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    Soaring Earth

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    A School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Book of 2019! In this powerful companion to her award-winning memoir Enchanted Air, Young People’s Poet Laureate Margarita Engle recounts her teenage years during the turbulent 1960s. Margarita Engle’s childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of Cuba and the lonely, dream-soaked reality of Los Angeles. But the revolution has transformed Cuba into a mystery of impossibility, no longer reachable in real life. Margarita longs to travel the world, yet before she can become independent, she’ll have to start high school. Then the shock waves of war reach America, rippling Margarita’s plans in their wake. Cast into uncertainty, she must grapple with the philosophies of peace, civil rights, freedom of expression, and environmental protection. Despite overwhelming circumstances, she finds solace and empowerment through her education. Amid the challenges of adolescence and a world steeped in conflict, Margarita finds hope beyond the struggle, and love in the most unexpected of places.

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