The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
by Margarita Engle
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2013
Word Count 11,142
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1070L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 158122, 2.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Authors--Fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Authors
- Feminists
- Authors, Cuban
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Central & South America
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
- 19th century
- Cuba--History--1810-1899--Fiction
- Abolitionists
- Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Gertrudis, 1814-1873--Juvenile fiction
- Gaomez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Gertrudis
- Cuba
- Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, Gertrudis, 1814-1873--Fiction
- Novels in verse
- Abolitionists--Fiction
- 1810-1899
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
- History
- Feminists--Fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Central & South America
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Writers and Writing
- SpringBoard, Grade 7 Unit 2
- SpringBoard, Grade 8 Unit 2
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Discussion Guide from Be A Learning Hero
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Teacher's Guide from Author's Personal Website
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Lesson Plan from Teaching Latin America through Literature
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Lesson Plan from Harcourt
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Book Readings 1
Video Book Reading narrated by Margarita Engle
Created by No Water River
Awards & Distinctions 11

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2023
Author Honor, 2014

Américas Award, 1993-2022
Commended, 2014

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2022
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2023
Selection, 2014
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