Bluest sky by Gonzalez, Christina Diaz 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2022)

BTSB #: 385631 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 650 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Cubans - Fiction Communism - Fiction Family life - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in the United States.

Dia del agua by Engle, Margarita 

PaperbackSPANISH(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 311537 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Language Family Life

Subjects: Water supply - Fiction Climate change - Fiction Community life - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Cuba - Fiction

Summary: A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village. In Spanish.

Forest world by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum, 2017)

BTSB #: 311432 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
RC: 7.9 3-5 Lexile: 1240

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Siblings - Fiction Family life - Cuba - Fiction Forests and forestry - Fiction Poaching - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: Sent to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows, Edver is surprised to meet a half-sister, Luza, whose plan to lure their cryptozoologist mother into coming there, too, turns dangerous.

Madre de Aguas of Cuba [Unicorn Rescue Society Volume: Book 5]by Gidwitz, Adam 

BTSB Prebound(Dutton Children's Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 377372 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG F&P: U

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Mythical animals - Fiction Sea monsters - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: Uchenna, Elliot, and Professor Fauna fly to Havana to search for the Madre de aguas. Is this missing creature responsible for the drought that has ravaged the island for months?

Pregon de frutas by Engle, Margarita 

PaperbackSPANISH(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 311425 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Language Family Life

Subjects: Street vendors - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Fruit - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Cuba - Fiction

Summary: While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes. In Spanish.

Song of frutas by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 311490 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.1 LG Lexile: 1240 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Street vendors - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Fruit - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.

Travels in Cuba [Travels With My Family]by Gay, Marie-Louise 

BTSB Prebound(Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 372404 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 660 F&P: R

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Voyages and travels - Fiction Family life - Fiction Island life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: Even for an experienced traveler like Charlie, Cuba is a place unlike any he has visited before-an island full of surprises, secrets and puzzling contradictions.

Water day by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 311424 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Water supply - Fiction Climate change - Fiction Community life - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: A girl and her community celebrate the arrival of the water man when he comes on his weekly visit to distribute water to a Cuban village.

Wings in the wild by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum, 2023)

BTSB #: 311499 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 7.1 UG Lexile: NP

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Environmentalism - Fiction Refugees - Fiction Artists - Fiction Political prisoners - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Cuba - Fiction

Summary: When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.