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Recommended historical fiction books (3)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Cuba for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Isla to Island

Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
Description:
"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime."--
Recommended: 25 Jan 2023

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The Daughter's Tale

The Daughter's Tale : A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa EN

0 Ratings
Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
Description:
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “[B]reathtakingly threaded together from start to finish with the sound of a beating heart.” —The New York Times “Searing.” —People “Immersive, both heartbreaking and redemptive, steeped in harrowing historical events and heroic acts of compassion that will have you reflecting on the best and worst the human heart has to offer.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours From the internationally bestselling author of The German Girl, an unforgettable family saga exploring a hidden piece of World War II history and the lengths a mother will... continue
Recommended: 16 Nov 2022

3.
The Night Travelers

The Night Travelers : A Novel by Armando Lucas Correa EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
Description:
Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel from the bestselling author of the “timely must-read” (People) The German Girl. Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitler’s deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith h... continue
Recommended: 31 Oct 2022


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