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Books by Margarita Engle | Wonderlit

Books by Margarita Engle

27 books · Ages 4–18

Known for the Margarita Engle's Memoirs series, Margarita Engle writes picture books and middle grade and young adult for ages 4–18, alongside 25 standalone books, exploring themes of latin american culture, history, cultural identity.

Series

Enchanted Air

Soaring Earth

Margarita Engle's Memoirs

2 books · Ages 10–18

Standalone Books

Cover of The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar

The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar

Margarita Engle

Take flight with Aida de Acosta in this inspiring true account of the very first woman to pilot a motorized aircraft int

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Margarita Engle

Rhythmic verses tell the story of a community's resilience during the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, where music and dance mee

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Margarita Engle

Edver travels to Cuba to meet his father and finds a sister whose plan to reunite their family leads them into the heart

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Margarita Engle

Hopes, dreams, and determination shine through in this vibrant tribute to the generations of immigrants who built and sh

Cover of Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny

Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny

Margarita Engle

For the teenager navigating the weight of family secrets and the burning desire for social change, this verse novel expl

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Island Creatures

Margarita Engle

For the teen navigating the complexities of heritage and home. This lyrical verse novel explores the deep emotional ties

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All the Way to Havana

Margarita Engle

For the child who loves tinkering and machines, this rhythmic journey celebrates the ingenuity and deep family bonds fou

Cover of Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics

Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics

Margarita Engle

For the child who needs to see that history is made by people who persevere. This collection of biographical poems celeb

Cover of Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for Abraham Lincoln

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for Abraham Lincoln

Margarita Engle

For the child finding their way in a new place. This lyrical story shows how a young girl's passion for music helps her

Cover of The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano

Margarita Engle

The rhythmic power of verse tells the life story of Juan Francisco Manzano, a man who used his poetic voice to endure th

Cover of Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

Margarita Engle

A young Jewish boy flees the dangers of Nazi Germany to seek safety and a new beginning as a refugee in Cuba in this mov

Cover of Wings in the Wild

Wings in the Wild

Margarita Engle

For the teenager navigating the weight of global crises, this verse novel offers a sanctuary of hope and connection thro

Cover of Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger

Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger

Margarita Engle

Liana and Amado find love and a shared bond over a stray dog while trying to survive a period of intense scarcity and fo

Cover of The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle

Rosa, a healer, navigates the late-nineteenth-century Cuban struggle for independence in this moving verse novel based o

Cover of Orangutanka: A Story in Poems

Orangutanka: A Story in Poems

Margarita Engle

For the spirited child who finds rhythm in everything and dances to their own beat instead of following the naptime rule

Cover of Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

Margarita Engle

For the child grappling with the human and environmental costs of progress and industry. This verse novel explores the b

Cover of Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck

Margarita Engle

Award-winning verse reflects the beauty of nature and Cuban heritage through the rhythmic and soulful voice of a Young P

Cover of The Lightning Dreamer

The Lightning Dreamer

Margarita Engle

For the teenager who feels restricted by social expectations and is searching for the courage to speak their truth and c

Cover of Singing with Elephants

Singing with Elephants

Margarita Engle

In 1947, a young Cuban immigrant finds her voice through poetry and an unlikely friendship with a famous diplomat as the

Cover of Mountain Dog

Margarita Engle

For the child navigating family instability or big life transitions, this verse novel offers a path toward healing throu

Cover of Destiny Finds Her Way

Destiny Finds Her Way

Margarita Engle

For the child who feels different because of a physical challenge and needs to see that their unique pace can lead to be

Cover of Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

Margarita Engle

For the child who observes the tiny wonders of the backyard and questions why things are the way they are.

Cover of A Song of Frutas

A Song of Frutas

Margarita Engle

Walking the streets of Havana in her dreams, a young girl helps her grandfather sell fruit while wishing for an end to t

Cover of With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero

With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero

Margarita Engle

Born in Nicaragua and abandoned by his mother, young Rubén turns his loneliness into complex, world-famous poetry as el

Cover of The Firefly Letters

The Firefly Letters

Margarita Engle

For the reader grappling with the unfairness of the world, this story in verse explores the longing for liberty through

By Age Range

The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar

Light for All

All the Way to Havana

Enchanted Air

The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar

Forest World

Enchanted Air

Jazz Owls

Forest World

Common Themes

Latin American Culture History Cultural Identity Being Different Resilience & Perseverance Celebrating Heritage Writing & Storytelling Nature & Outdoors

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Incarceron

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