In this "beautifully written, thought provoking" ( School Library Journal , starred review) novel in verse, award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the story of Antonio Chuffat, a young man of African, Chinese, and Cuban descent who becomes a champion for civil rights.
The country is fighting for freed.
Yet for most Cubans in the nineteenth century, life is anything but beautiful.
Asia, Africa, Europe--Antonio Chuffat\'s ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba.
In this "beautifully written, thought provoking" ( School Library Journal , starred review) novel in verse, award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the story of Antonio Chuffat, a young man of African, Chinese, and Cuban descent who becomes a champion for civil rights
