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Evamar
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ISBN10: 166598807X
ISBN13: 9781665988070
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 272
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781665988070
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 272
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
Three starred reviews! From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a spellbinding (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel in verse about first love, hidden cultures, and ancestral connections that follows a teen's journey to uncover her late grandmother's roots in Cuba. Just before she was transformed
into an invisible spirit
my grandmother whispered her last wishes
into my ear: Sprinkle my ashes in a patch of girasoles,
wait patiently, harvest the seeds,
fly to la isla, find el jardÃn,
plant las semillas.
Then and only then--
read my diaries. Evamar has arrived in Cuba with her abuela's ashes and her mother's warnings: Don't talk politics, boil the tap water before you drink, y por favor absolutamente, don't fall in love. But then she meets RÃo, a captivating drummer whose music and presence she can't ignore. RÃo bears his own scars, separated from his family in the United States. As their bond deepens, Evamar discovers an ancestral treasure that could change her future--and the lives of millions of Caribbeans.
my grandmother whispered her last wishes
into my ear: Sprinkle my ashes in a patch of girasoles,
wait patiently, harvest the seeds,
fly to la isla, find el jardÃn,
plant las semillas.
Then and only then--
read my diaries. Evamar has arrived in Cuba with her abuela's ashes and her mother's warnings: Don't talk politics, boil the tap water before you drink, y por favor absolutamente, don't fall in love. But then she meets RÃo, a captivating drummer whose music and presence she can't ignore. RÃo bears his own scars, separated from his family in the United States. As their bond deepens, Evamar discovers an ancestral treasure that could change her future--and the lives of millions of Caribbeans.
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