Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music
- Responsibility
- poem by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael López.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
- Physical description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PS3555 .N4254 D78 2015 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Engle, Margarita author.
- Contributor
- López, Rafael, 1961- illustrator.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical reference.
- Summary
- Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's 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.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Drummers (Musicians) > Juvenile fiction.
- Dance music > Juvenile fiction.
- Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
- Cuba > History > 1909-1933 > Juvenile fiction.
- Drummers (Musicians) > Fiction.
- Dance music > Fiction.
- Sex role > Fiction.
- Cuba > History > 1909-1933 > Fiction.
- Dance music.
- Drummers (Musicians)
- Sex role.
- Cuba.
- Genre
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2015
- Title variation
- Drumdream girl
- ISBN
- 9780544102293 (hbk.)
- 0544102290 (hbk.)
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