![]() ![]() This book has many teaching opportunities: history, sociology, English and poetry. ![]() Highly, highly recommended for sixth-graders and older. In this poetic memoir Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. Easy and accessible to readers, even reluctant ones, "Enchanted Air" is a great addition to any multicultural studies collection or classroom. Readers will engage with the verse structure of the book. The "two wings" in the title are the two countries, the United States and Cuba, her two lives so different yet both a part of her. ![]() How many readers have escaped through books? The written word is powerful indeed, connecting a lonely child with a world outside her four walls and a country that does not welcome her. Young Margarita lives for books and poetry, spending much of her time visiting the library. Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle Used good Hardcover Condition Used - GOOD Binding Hardcover ISBN 13 9781481435222 ISBN 10 1481435221 Quantity Available 1 Seller Discover Books Toledo, Ohio, United States Seller rating : Description: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. one of the closest neighbors of the United States is just beginning to be accessible to other American citizens." Engle writes in the author's note, "While I was writing 'Enchanted Air,' my hope was that normalization would begin before it went to press. ![]()
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