Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba
by Alma Flor Ada and Antonio Martorell • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2015
Word Count 35,991
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1080L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175639, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Cuba--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature
- 20th century
- Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Cuban American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Authors, Cuban--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Authors, Cuban
- Intellectual life
- Cuba--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Cuba
- Families--Cuba--Juvenile literature
- Authors, American
- Cuban American women
- Ada, Alma Flor
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Homes and haunts
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Topics)
- Families
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Childhood and youth
- Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts--Cuba--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 4
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2023
First Place Winner, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
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