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.

With a star in my hand : Ruben Dario, poetry hero by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum, 2020)

BTSB #: 311486 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 7.1 UG Lexile:  NP F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Dario, Ruben,|d1867-1916 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Novels in verse Poets - Fiction Nicaragua - History|y1838-1909 - Fiction Nicaragua - History|y1937-1979 - Fiction

Summary: A novel in verse about the life and work of Ruben Dario, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes.

With a star in my hand : Ruben Dario, poetry hero by Engle, Margarita 

Paperback(Atheneum, 2021)

BTSB #: 311494 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 7.1 UG Lexile: NP F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Dario, Ruben,|d1867-1916 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Novels in verse Poets - Fiction Nicaragua - History|y1838-1909 - Fiction Nicaragua - History|y1937-1979 - Fiction

Summary: A novel in verse about the life and work of Ruben Dario, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes.

Worst-case Collin by Caprara, Rebecca 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 185805 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Hoarders - Fiction Grief - Fiction Death - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Mathematicians - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Collin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Collin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief.