![]() ![]() "Engle weaves a compelling love story balanced with an invitation to readers to consider the impact of climate change and the necessity for action now. They are fighting for a better future-and the chance to be together. ![]() But wings can be fragile, and Soleida and Dariel come from different worlds. Soon they discover that love isn’t about falling-it’s about soaring together to new heights. ![]() ![]() Together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba. There she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy whose enigmatic music enchants birds and animals-and Soleida. Soleida escapes to Central America alone, joining the thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica while seeking asylum elsewhere. Then a hurricane exposes the illegal art, and her parents are arrested. Soleida and her parents protest this injustice with their secret sculpture garden of chained birds. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that doesn’t meet their approval. This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the inspiring love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights. ![]()
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