Description: Cuban childhood friends Vida and Adâan rediscover each other in Florida where they work together to protect endangered animals while navigating their complicated homelives.
Brief description: Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion; Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer; and Wild Dreamers, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl, Dancing Hands, and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
Review Quotes: "Lush yet careful language packs intentionality into few words without sacrificing nuance or character complexity. Many endangered animals, discussions of best zoological practices, and meticulously detailed science juxtapose playful layouts and creative poetic form."--Booklist