Bibliograph

Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poems by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael Lopez

Type

Label

Drum dream girl, how one girl's courage changed music, poems by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael Lopez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical reference (page [39])

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

3-8, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

P-3, Brodart

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Drum dream girl

Oclc number

8795388508879538850

Responsibility statement

poems by Margarita Engle ; illustrations by Rafael Lopez

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 4.2, .5.Reading Counts, 3-5, 4.3, 1.

Sub title

how one girl's courage changed music

Summary

Follows a girl in the 1920s 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

Target audience

primary

resource.variantTitle

How 1 girl's courage changed music

Classification

Contributor