The Surrender Tree/El Arbol de La Rendicion: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/Poemas de La Lucha de Cuba Por Su Libertad by Margarita Engle

The Surrender Tree/El Arbol de La Rendicion: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom/Poemas de La Lucha de Cuba Por Su Libertad

Margarita Engle

353 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical poetry young adult emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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The Surrender Tree is a lyrical, Newbery Honor-winning history in poems, and this edition has the Spanish and English text available in one book. It is 1896. Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. People have been round...

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informative 72%
emotional 50%
reflective 38%
sad 38%
dark 33%
challenging 27%
inspiring 27%
tense 27%
hopeful 11%
relaxing 11%

Pace

fast 63%
medium 26%
slow 10%

Plot- or character-driven?

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Strong character development?

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Diverse cast of characters?

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