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  • 90 Miles to Havana

90 Miles to Havana

Author
Enrique Flores-Galbis
Publication Date
September 18, 2012
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
90 Miles to Havana
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Description

90 Miles to Havana is a 2011 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Narrative and a 2011 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year.

When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves.

Publication date
September 18, 2012
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250005595
Lexile Measure
790
Guided Reading Level
W
Publisher
Square Fish
BISAC categories
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV013050 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
JUV039230 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
Refugees
Brothers
Historical fiction
Cuba
Refugee children
Havana (Cuba)
Miami (Fla.)

Publishers Weekly

Flores-Galbis ably portrays the harsh realities these young Cuban immigrants faced: little hope of reunification with family members, dwindling resources, and insufficient government support, while also conveying their resilience in the face of emotional upheaval.

School Library Journal

It's hard to imagine any child putting this book down.

Kirkus

It will introduce readers to a not-so-distant period whose echoes are still felt today and inspire admiration for young people who had to be brave despite frightening and lonely odds.

ALA/Booklist

Drawing on his own experience as a child refugee from Cuba, Flores-Galbis offers a gripping historical novel about children who were evacuated from Cuba to the U.S. during Operation Pedro Pan in 1961. . . . This is a seldom-told refugee story that will move readers with the first-person, present-tense rescue narrative, filled with betrayal, kindness, and waiting for what may never come.
Enrique Flores-Galbis

Enrique Flores-Galbis, at age nine, was one of 14,000 children who left Cuba in 1961, without their parents, in a mass exodus called Operation Pedro Pan. He and his two older brothers spent months in a refugee camp in southern Florida; this historical novel is inspired by that experience. The author of Raining Sardines, Enrique lives in Forest Hills, New York, with his family.

Pura Belpré Honor Book
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Narrative
Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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2011
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