Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words
by Margarita Engle
In the 1840s, Spaniards brought Chinese laborers as indentured servants to work in... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2016
Word Count 10,467
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 184607
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Racially mixed people--Fiction
- Chinese
- Racially mixed people
- Chuffat Latour, Antonio, 1860---Childhood and youth--Juvenile fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Slavery
- Indentured servants--Fiction
- Chuffat Latour, Antonio
- Cuba--History--1810-1899--Fiction
- Chinese--Cuba--Fiction
- Cuba
- Historical fiction
- Chuffat Latour, Antonio, 1860---Childhood and youth--Fiction
- Indentured servants
- Novels in verse
- Children's Books/All Ages
- 1810-1899
- Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Childhood and youth
- Lists With This Book
- Afro-Latinx Titles
- 4th EL Module 4: Responding to...
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Curriculum Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Commended, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2020
First Place Winner, 2017
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