Cuban Americans : exiles from an island home / by Autumn Libal.

Author: Libal, Autumn.

Publisher: Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006.

ISBN: 1590849280
9781590849286
1590849248 (series)
9781590849248 (series)

Description: 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Series: Hispanic heritage

Subject: Cuban Americans Juvenile literature.
Immigrants United States Juvenile literature.
Exiles United States Juvenile literature.
Cuban Americans.
Immigrants.
Exiles.

Target Audience: Grades 9-12.

Contents: E pluribus unum : of many one -- An island home : from Spanish conquest to American domination -- A new revolution and international crisis -- Triumphs and changes : "golden exiles," "Marielitos," and "raft people" -- Ties to the past, eyes on the present : Cuban-American culture today -- Making America : Cuban Americans who have touched our lives -- What does the future hold?

Summary: Discusses the Cuban American community, its struggles, and its triumphs and explores the events that drove so many Cubans to America's shores.