Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion ; Your Heart, My Sky ; With a Star in My Hand ; The Surrender Tree , a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer . Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air , which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl , Dancing Hands ,...See more
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima's Rebellion ; Your Heart, My Sky ; With a Star in My Hand ; The Surrender Tree , a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer . Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air , which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl , Dancing Hands , and The Flying Girl . Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. See less
