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Overview
Two starred reviews
From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a "spellbinding" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse about first love, hidden cultures, and ancestral connections that follows a teen's journey to uncover her late grandmother's roots in Cuba. Just before she was transformedinto an invisible spirit
my grandmother whispered her last wishes
into my ear: Sprinkle my ashes in a patch of girasoles,
wait patiently, harvest the seeds,
fly to la isla, find el jard n,
plant las semillas.
Then and only then--
read my diaries. Evamar has arrived in Cuba with her abuela's ashes and her mother's warnings: Don't talk politics, boil the tap water before you drink, y por favor absolutamente, don't fall in love. But then she meets R o, a captivating drummer whose music and presence she can't ignore. R o bears his own scars, separated from his family in the United States. As their bond deepens, Evamar discovers an ancestral treasure that could change her future--and the lives of millions of Caribbeans.
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- ISBN-13: 9781665988070
- ISBN-10: 166598807X
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: July 2026
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.59 inches
- Page Count: 272
- Reading Level: Ages 13-17
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