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/> Newbery Medal/Honor.  Wilson's Junior High School.  Wilson's Senior High School.  Booklist starred, March 2008.  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2008.  Horn Book, October 2008.  Kirkus Review, March 2008.  School Library Journal, June 2008.  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2008.  Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008.  Wilson's Senior High School, January 2009. 
<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>0329709003 0805086749 (alk. paper) 9780329709006 (Follett bdg.) 9780805086744 (alk. paper) 
<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