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The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution. In 1961, two years after the Communist... read more
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- Mrs. Baxter
- Mama
- Lucia Alvarez
- Ivette
- Papa
- Manuel
- Frank Le
- Jennifer
- Lucy
- Fernando
- Eddie
- Laura Milian
- Mr. Ramirez
- George
- Mrs. Eckhart
- Doc Machado
- Gladys
- Angela
- Betty
- Susan
- Helen
- Carl
- Sonia
- Rita
- Mrs. Brolin
- Nathan
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I watched as a white heron circled the beach and then headed north toward the open waters of the tropics.
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- Christina Gonzalez (Author) - ALA Best Fiction for Young AdultsFlorida Book AwardSkipping Stones Multicultural Honor AwardCCBC Choices BookInt'l Reading Assoc.'s Teacher's Choice Award
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