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Engle, Margarita

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

40 pp. | Houghton | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-10229-3 $16.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Rafael López. A young girl "on an island of music" dreams of becoming a drummer, but only boys play drums. The story is based on Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a "Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taboo against female drummers." Poetic text takes its cues from Zaldarriaga's chosen instrument. Saturated acrylic-on-wood illustrations capture the island's musicality and the surreal dream-images that inspire young Millo.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015

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