The Drum Dream Girl
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Subjects:
Drummers (Musicians) -- Juvenile fiction.
Dance music -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Juvenile fiction.
Drummers (Musicians) -- Juvenile fiction.
Dance music -- Juvenile fiction.
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.
Cuba -- History -- 1909-1933 -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Elementary Grade.
ISBN:
9780544102293
Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award Winner, 2016.