Engle, Margarita. <br/><br/>
The surrender tree :  poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom / 
Margarita Engle. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Henry Holt,  2008. 
 - 169 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168). 
<br/><br/> A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/> Newbery Medal/Honor, 2009  Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2009 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780805086744 (alk. paper) 0805086749 (alk. paper) 9780329709006 (Follett bdg.) 0329709003 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007027591 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's poetry, American.<br/>American poetry.<br/>American poetry.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--History--1810-1899--Juvenile poetry.<br/>Cuba--History--1810-1899--Poetry.<br/>Cuba--History--Poetry.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3555.N4254  / S87 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811/.54