Cuba in My Pocket illustrator-Nhung Le You can find a friend

You can find a friend or lose yourself completely in a book

As the search continues

His Dark Materials

As a risky plan grows in her mind

Cuba in My Pocket illustrator-Nhung Le You can find a friend*Signed bookplate When the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 solidifies Castros power in Cuba, twelve year old Cumbas family makes the difficult decision to send him to Florida alone. Faced with the prospect of living in another country by himself, Cumba tries to remember the sound of his fathers clarinet, the smell of his mothers lavender perfume. Life in the United States presents a whole new set of challenges. Lost in a sea of English speakers,