Beschreibung:
Christina Diaz Gonzalez is the award-winning author of several books including THE RED UMBRELLA, A THUNDEROUS WHISPER, MOVING TARGET, RETURN FIRE, and an upcoming book in the SPIRIT ANIMALS: FALL OF THE BEASTS series. Christina's books have received numerous honors and recognitions including the American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults, the International Latino Book Award, the Nebraska Book Award and the Florida Book Award.
In 1961, two years after the Cuban communist revolution, fourteen year old Lucía's parents make the heart-wrenching decision to send her and her little brother to the US through Operation Pedro Pan... making them part of the largest exodus of unaccompanied minors in the Western hemisphere.