Lion Island : Cuba's warrior of words /
Engle, Margarita,
Lion Island : Cuba's warrior of words / Margarita Engle. - First Edition. - 163 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.
Ages 10 up.
9781481461122 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1481461125 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781481461139 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1481461133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015034288
Chuffat Latour, Antonio, 1860- --Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Indentured servants--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese--Cuba--Juvenile fiction.
Cuba--History--1810-1899--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.
Lion Island : Cuba's warrior of words / Margarita Engle. - First Edition. - 163 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
A biographical novel about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban messenger boy in 1870s Cuba who became a translator and documented the freedom struggle of indentured Chinese laborers in his country.
Ages 10 up.
9781481461122 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1481461125 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781481461139 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1481461133 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015034288
Chuffat Latour, Antonio, 1860- --Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Indentured servants--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese--Cuba--Juvenile fiction.
Cuba--History--1810-1899--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels in verse.