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The Red Umbrella is a moving tale of a fourteen-year-old girl’s journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro’s revolution
In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucía Álvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away. Neighbors disappear. And soon, Lucía’s parents make the heart-wrenching decision to send her and her little brother to the United States—on their own.
Suddenly plunked down in Nebraska with well-meaning strangers, Lucía struggles to adapt to a new country, a new language, a new way of life. But what of her old life? Will she ever see her home or her parents again? And if she does, will she still be the same girl?
The Red Umbrella is a touching story of country, culture, family, and the true meaning of home.
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“Kyla Garcia masterfully narrates the story of Lucia…Garcia does a magnificent job balancing the suspense of their escape and the more commonplace joys and sorrows of youth. She’s equally at home voicing the siblings and their Nebraskan foster parents. Listeners will cheer for this engaging and well-told story.”
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“Captures the fervor, uncertainty, and fear of the times through Lucía’s first-person perspective and the newspaper headlines that begin each chapter.”
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“Through the eyes of [a] likeable young narrator, readers will understand a compelling part of history. Kudos to Christina Diaz Gonzalez for sharing her family’s story, and for telling it so well.”
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“Based on the author’s parent’s story, Gonzalez’s first novel captures the heart-wrenching, personal drama of family separation.”
— Booklist
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Finalist for the 2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award
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A Christian Science Monitor Book of the Year
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A Top 10 Indie Next Notable Title
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A CCBC Choice (Univ. of WI) Book
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A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
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A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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An American Book Award New Voices Selection
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About Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Christina Diaz Gonzalez is the award-winning author of several books which have received numerous honors, including the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults, the Florida Book Award, the Nebraska Book Award, and the International Latino Book Award.
About Kyla Garcia
Kyla Garcia is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, she discovered acting at the age of eight when she played Lady Macbeth in a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. She made her off-Broadway debut at fifteen when she played Dorothy in Oz: A Twisted Musical. Eleven years after she discovered her passion for acting, she would go on to play Lady Macbeth once again in London at the Globe Theatre, where she studied Shakespeare during her third year at Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received her BFA in acting from Rutgers University.