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Published
2020
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Historical
Section
Young Adult
Bridge · Ages 12–14

With a Star in My Hand

Margarita Engle

A verse portrait of Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío and the start of the Modernismo movement.

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Themes

Poetry & writingReal lives & history

Mood

Feels informative, reflective.

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