La mia rivoluzione

I don't think this is a book that would have gotten published if Katherine Paterson hadn't already won a bunch of Newbery's and National Book Awards. Patterson shares the world of the brigadista movement in Cuba in an interesting and age appropriate way. When 13-year-old Lora volunteers to join Cast Leggi tutto

Lora and her family live fairly comfortably in Havana, Cuba. They aren't wealthy but Lora is able to go to a very good school in the city. Then Baptiste is overthrown and Fidel Castro comes in to power. One of Castro's initiatives is the quest to end illiteracy in Cuba. He recruits young people to b Leggi tutto

Consiglio caldamente questo libro non solo ai ragazzi ma anche ai più grandi. “La mia rivoluzione” è un libro scorrevole pensato per i ragazzi delle scuole medie ma trasmette concetti importantissimi per tutti come la libertà ma soprattutto, l’importanza della conoscenza e del sapere.

My Brigadista Year is set in 1961 Cuba when Fidel Castro inspired volunteers to bring literacy to the entire country. We experience life in Cuba through the eyes of thirteen year old Lora as she joins volunteers in the campaign for nationwide literacy despite a volatile political environment. Spoile Leggi tutto

Things I did not know about Cuba before reading this book. #1- Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, 99.75%. The USA is 86%. #2- In 1961 Fidel Castro’s idea of turning his beloved country around was literacy, so he campaigned for well read students as young as 12 to go out and tea Leggi tutto

Excellent read and good view of history. I grew up during the Cuban missile crisis and it is interesting to me to see the other side of the story. This story does not focus on that, but there is a good timeline at the end of the book that goes into a bit more detail about the actual historical event Leggi tutto

I had never heard of the Cuban brigadista initiative before! This is quick, compelling historical fiction that I would have swallowed whole as a kid.