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Drum dream girl by Margarita Engle · Booklabria

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Margarita Engle
Drum dream girl

HistoryChildren's fiction

Drum dream girl

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First published: 2015

Synopsis

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: History
Children's fiction
Music
Sex role
Musicians
Cuba
Set in: Cuba
Time: 1909-1933

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Published: 2015
Pages: 44
Language: English
Contributor: López, Rafael, 1961- illustrator
ISBN-13: 978-0544102293
ISBN-10: 0544102290

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