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The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist

Margarita Engle

Hardcover | Pages: 182 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 1124 Users | 236 Reviews

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ISBN:	0547807430 (ISBN13: 9780547807430)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Cuba
Literary Awards:	Pura Belpré Award Nominee for Narrative (2014), PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2014)

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“I find it so easy to forget / that I’m just a girl who is expected / to live / without thoughts.”

Opposing slavery in Cuba in the nineteenth century was dangerous. The most daring abolitionists were poets who veiled their work in metaphor. Of these, the boldest was Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, nicknamed Tula. In passionate, accessible verses of her own, Engle evokes the voice of this book-loving feminist and abolitionist who bravely resisted an arranged marriage at the age of fourteen, and was ultimately courageous enough to fight against injustice. Historical notes, excerpts, and source notes round out this exceptional tribute.

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Title	:	The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
Author	:	Margarita Engle
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 182 pages
Published	:	March 19th 2013 by HMH Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Poetry. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction

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I feel certain that words / can be as human / as people, / alive / with the breath / of compassion. The Lightning Dreamer shares the story of feminist Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, known as Tula. The story follows Tula from 1827, where she tells us that Books are door-shaped portalshelping me feel less alone, to 1836 where she begins the first of her books to spread her hope of racial and gender equality.As a girl, Tula reads in secret and burns her writings as reading and writing are

The Lightning Dreamer,by Margarita Engle The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle, is a story that takes place in Cuba where girls were not allowed to read and were arranged in a marriage at a certain age. The main characters name is Mula. Mula has one brother and she lives with her father and mother, she like reading books but she is not allowed to read because she is a girl, and her culture believed that a girl who reads books is an unladylike and that a girl is born to be married and take



I liked this book. I liked learning about Tula and I'm really looking forward to read some more detailed books about her in the future.

First picking up this book, I knew I was interested in poetry. I saw the title and was not sure what to expect. As I started reading, I learned that it was about a women's right to an education, to be treated equally and her right to choosing her own marriage. This was different than other poetry that I had read recently. I read about a girl named Tula who loved books, education and wanted equality. Living in Cuba, she would be seen as a rebel if this was known. I learned a lot about what women

The Lightning Dreamer is a beautifully written book-in-verse about the life of a young girl growing up in Cuba. Tula is a girl who is more enamored with books than she is with boys which would be fine in the United States, however, she does not live there. When Tula becomes fourteen, her parents expect her to marry to better not only her station in life but theirs as well. But Tula wants nothing to do with an arranged marriage and spends much of her time expressing her opinions on freedom for

I am usually head over heels in love with Engle's novels in verse for young readers. This is the first one that didn't positively thrill me. It is extremely well-written, but it didn't seem as passionate and inspired as her earlier books. Still, Tula's rejection of a forced marriage, and her assertion of the rights of women and abhorrence of slavery in Cuba circa 1827 is an important subject.