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Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López

Type

Label

Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

NP, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Drum dream girl

Responsibility statement

poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López

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Accelerated Reader, LG, 4.2, 0.5, 173968

Sub title

how one girl's courage changed music

Summary

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters

Target audience

juvenile

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How one girl's courage changed music

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