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Published
2014
Publisher
HMH Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Historical
ISBN
9780544109414
Section
Young Adult

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

Margarita Engle

Fourteen-year-old Mateo leaves Cuba to dig the Panama Canal in 1906 and joins other workers facing segregation and danger in the rain forest.

  • Américas Award 2015
  • Jane Addams Children's Book Honor 2015
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Themes

Race & racismPoverty & classNature & animalsReal lives & history

Mood

Feels tense, informative.

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