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he addresses issues typically omitted from the discussion: the rapidly increasing incarceration of women

and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds's and Ibram X

*"A clarion call from a beloved

and a sparkling can-do spirit

Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words Cover:Paperback he addresses issues typically omittedIn a haunting yet hopeful novel in verse, award winning author Margarita Engle tells the story of Antonio Chuffat, a young man of African, Chinese, and Cuban descent who became a champion of civil rights. Asia, Africa, EuropeAntonio Chuffats ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba. Yet for most Cubans in the nineteenth century, life is anything but beautiful. The country is fighting for freedom from Spain. Enslaved Africans and