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Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba

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In this companion volume to Alma Flor Ada’s Where the Flame Trees Bloom, the creator offers young readers any other inspiring choice of stories and reminiscences drawn from her childhood at the island of Cuba. Through those stories we see how the many events and relationships she enjoyed assisted in shaping who she is as of late.
We learn of a deep friendship with a beloved dance teacher that helped sustain young Alma Flor through a miserable year in school. We meet relatives, like her mysterious Uncle Manolo, whose secret, she later learns, is that he dedicated his life to healing lepers. We share the tragedy of any other uncle whose spirited personality ends up in his love of flying…and the crash that takes his life.
Heartwarming, poignant, and continuously humorous, this collection encourages children to discover the stories in their our own lives — stories that may lend a hand inform their own values and celebrate the joys and struggles we all share no matter where or when we grew up.

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