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Lightning Dreamer (2013)

by Margarita Engle(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1299902154 (ISBN13: 9781299902152)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Harcourt Brace and Company

review 1: 1. Name all of the characters in the book and what their relationships are to each other. 2. Explain why Tula is writing poems and what her beliefs are in Cuba in the 1800’s. 3. Apply your knowledge of Tula’s beliefs and write about why she could not express them as she wanted to. 4. Compare the beliefs of Tula to her Mother, her brother, Manuel, and her grandfather. 5. Write about a world in which Tula was able to get through to her family and to the public about her beliefs about slavery and women having the right to choose. 6. Justify Tula’s choice in the leaving at the end of the book. Explain why she may have chosen this route and decide whether or not you agree or disagree with this decision based on this time in history.
review 2: Tula is a storyt... moreeller and a dreamer. She is supposed to marry for money and family connections, not for love like her mother did (twice). She is supposed to heal the gap between her mother and her grandfather, but that is not who Tula wants to be. She wants to make up stories and to be heard. She wants equality for women! But women in Cuba are supposed to be seen and not heard! The only women who are supposed to read are the nuns in the convent. Told entirely in verse this story is a powerful story about one woman's quest for women's rights and finding her own way. Definitely a book to look at if you are of Cuban decent, love a good women's power read, or are just looking for a good book written in verse. less

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