In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA
Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed
author Margarita Engle 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