Review:The Red Umbrella tells the story of Lucia, a fourteen years old teenager, whose life is change forever because of the revolution led by Fidel Castro and the arrival of soldiers to her town. I must confess that little I knew about the story behind the Revolution that Fidel Castro lead in that time and I didn't have a clue about the Peter Pan Operation and when I was done reading the book I couldn't help but shed some tears because I cannot imagine how hard it must have been for each families to e... Read more

Review:One of my tutoring students bought this book for me because her 4th grade teacher read it to the class, and she loved it. Now the book has one more fan: me! We each had our own copy of the book and set reading goals for each lesson. My student couldn't wait to share her thoughts with me and even put sticky notes to mark places where she wanted to share her thoughts about a particular part. This book was clearly above her reading level, but she rose to the occasion because the story is that g... Read more