Author Margarita Engle to speak September 25
Clovis resident Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of three novels, written in free verse, for young people. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, won the Pura Belpré and the Americas awards. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom is a 2009 Newbery Honor book. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba, published in April 2009, is winning rave reviews.