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

Type

Book

Authors

Engle, Margarita

López, Rafael

ISBN 10

0544102290

ISBN 13

9780544102293

Tags

music, Historical Fiction, juvenile fiction, Cuba, Caribbean, Dance, Drummers, gender role, girls, musicians, culturally diverse, social justice, ALA Notable Children's Book, Amelia Bloomer List, Charlotte Zolotow Award, Notable Books for a Global Society, Pura Belpre Award, School Library Journal Best Picture Book

Abstract

Follows a girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.

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