Tropical Secrets, Margarita Engle
Tropical Secrets, Margarita Engle
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Tropical Secrets

Author: Margarita Engle

Narrator: Matt Green, Vane Millon, Ozzie Rodriguez, Roberto Santana

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2009


Synopsis

Last year, in Berlin
on the Night of Crystal
my grandfather was killed
while I held his hand.

Daniel has escaped Nazi Germany with nothing but a desperate dream that he might one day find his parents again. But that golden land called New York has turned away the ship full of refugees, and Daniel finds himself in Cuba.
As the tropical island begins to work its magic on him, the young refugee befriends a local girl with some painful secrets of her own. Yet even in Cuba, the Nazi darkness is never far away. . . .

At once deeply personal and utterly universal, Tropical Secrets is a stunning new history in verse from award-winning poet Margarita Engle.

About The Author

Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet, novelist, and journalist whose work has been published in many countries. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Poet Slave of Cuba, which was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Bank Street College of Education Best Book, and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon book, among other honors. She lives with her husband in Northern California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Becky on March 13, 2009

Read. This. Book. True, it won't be released for a few more weeks. But make note of it now to get to this one when you get the chance. Written by Margarita Engle--an acclaimed verse novelist--the book is the story of Daniel, a Jewish refugee, and the friends he makes in Cuba--Paloma and David. Danie......more

Goodreads review by RKanimalkingdom on July 26, 2017

Another success by Engle Honestly, the women is a maestro with the way she interweaves history with poetry. While there were some parts that were a bit slow, the story and meaning is there. This book is not only important to know the history of Jewish Refugees who were prevented from entering both Ame......more

Goodreads review by Reina on June 09, 2024

There are multiple points of view in this novel, and not really enough time to get to know each one; in other words, character development was poor. I feel that the main character was Paloma - a Cuban native, and the daughter of a corrupt government official who is very greedy. She secretly helps Je......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on June 07, 2009

If children's authors were given superpowers upon the occasion of their first publication, I know what Margarita Engle's would be. Stealth. She's the kind of author you never see coming. You can pick up a book of hers, be it The Poet Slave of Cuba or The Surrender Tree and you'll never see her wordp......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on July 31, 2021

Hauntingly sad. Beware of lies and hatred being spewed toward a people group to incite rejection. This from a boy rescued from the clutches of evil in Germany and welcomed in Cuba before the propaganda against Jews shut down the benevolence: I will never understand the whole world or even one countr......more