At a glance
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Subgenre
- Historical
- Words
- 10,467
- Section
- Middle Grade
Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words
A biography in verse about Antonio Chuffat, a Chinese-African-Cuban teenager in the 1870s who becomes an advocate and interpreter fighting for the freedom of Chinese laborers and enslaved people in Cuba.
Themes
Mood
Feels inspiring, challenging, informative.
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