{"product_id":"used-very-good-my-brigadista-year-katherine-paterson-hardcover","title":"Used - Very Good | My Brigadista Year -- Katherine Paterson, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Used - Very Good.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is one pre-owned copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. Clean copy: no writing, highlighting or names inside. Light wear from shelving or reading. May have stickers or sticker residue. Ex-library copy with library markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro’s national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro’s army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Nora has barely been outside of Havana — why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody’s kitchen? But Nora is stubborn: didn’t her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Surprisingly, Nora’s abuela takes her side, even as she makes Nora promise to come home if things get too hard. But how will Nora know for sure when that time has come? Shining light on a little-known moment in history, Katherine Paterson traces a young teen’s coming-of-age journey from a sheltered life to a singular mission: teaching fellow Cubans of all ages to read and write, while helping with the work of their daily lives and sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries hiding in the hills nearby. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author’s note and a timeline of Cuban history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Katherine Paterson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780763695088\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Katherine Paterson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68293351833828,"sku":"FRK000005248","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9163v-QurjL.jpg?v=1794609879","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/used-very-good-my-brigadista-year-katherine-paterson-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}