The Surrender Tree

By Margarita Engle

Subjects: award:Newbery_award, age:max:18, grade:min:7 and up, Children's poetry, award:Pura_Belpre_award, lexile_code:NP, Children's poetry, American, Newbery Honor, American poetry, Historical poetry, Poetry, History, Juvenile poetry, age:min:12, grade:max:undefined

Description: Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.