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Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music
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Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music
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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.
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Title
Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music
Call No
E ENG
Authors
Engle, Margarita
López, Rafael, 1961-
Subjects
Gender role--Fiction.
Drummers (Musicians)--Fiction.
Dance music--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.
Music.
Music.
Growth mindset--Fiction.
Cuba--History--Fiction.
Language
English
Lexile
Codes: Np
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2015.
Publication Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ;
ISBN
9780544102293
LCCN
2014015056
Dimensions
27 cm.
Awards Note
Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2016 APALA Picture Book Honor Award, 2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2016