Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of The Surrender Tree, recipient of the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to a Latino/a. Other novels in verse about the island include The Poet Slave of Cuba, Hurricane Dancers, The Firefly Letters, Tropical …
I fell in love with the story and the writing from the very first word of ORCHARDS and can’t wait for Holly’s next book, THE LANGUAGE INSIDE when it comes out in May 2013. Let’s welcome Holly Thompson to World …