Margarita Engle is the first ever Latina recipient of the esteemed Newbery Honor. The winning book, The Surrender Tree, tells, in free verse, the story of Rosa, a young wilderness nurse whose story is set against the backdrop of Cuba’s war for independence, and the horrors of slavery and reconcentration camps.
Margarita was kind enough to [...]
23 February 2009
Guanabee Interviews Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor-Winning Author Of The Surrender Tree
By Alex Alvarez at 5:15 PM.
