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Item Nr: B 113844 Title: Hurricane Dancers
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Engle, Margarita
Length: 145 Prod/Pub: Henry Holt
Copyright: 2011 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 3 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village. Novel in verse is told in multiple voices. Historical fiction story, set in the Caribbean in 1510, is based on historical events. Shipwrecks. Pura Belpre Author Honor Book-2012. AR 6.6. RC 11.0. Lexile 1170. IL 6-10.

  Subjects:
  13 - ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS
  1304 - CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
  591 - HISTORICAL FICTION
  1681 - LEXILE 1100-1199
  865 - PIRATES
  871 - POETRY
  998 - SLAVERY
  1168 - WEST INDIES