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Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music /

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Engle, Margarita
Other Authors: López, Rafael, 1961- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Subjects:
Drummers (Musicians) > Fiction.
Dance music > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Cuba > History > 1909-1933 > Fiction.
Drummers (Musicians) > Juvenile fiction.
Dance music > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
Cuba > History > 1909-1933 > Juvenile fiction.
Dance music.
Drummers (Musicians)
Sex role.
Cuba.
1909 - 1933
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Description
Summary:Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Awards:American Library Association Notable Children's Bk
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical reference (page [39]).
ISBN:9780544102293
0544102290