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Silver People: Voices From The Panama Canal (2014)

by Margarita Engle(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0544109414 (ISBN13: 9780544109414)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: This is an amazing book told in poems. The poems are from the perspective of the powerful white rulers to the poorest worker on the panama canal. they are from the forest girl and the beautiful butterfly and the angry howler monkeys. They tell of a time long past of broken dreams and segregation. it tells the story of one of the greatest engineering feats in history. It tells of the canal that made the world seem small and the people and animals who gave their life to make it. it is a story of poems so powerful it can change your heart and how you live your life.
review 2: This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal. This story-in-verse version of the building of that canal in the voices of various laborers spans many years and co... moremplex points of view. It deals with issues of racism, power plays, environmental and science content, and relationships. It's a huge job for a book light on words, but it handles it well, growing stronger as the story unfolds. The central character, Mateo, begins as an impulsive, romanticizing dreamer who becomes hardened then strengthened by the challenges and opportunities life presents. less

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