The Firefly Letters is a 2011 Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative. Engle chronicles the journey of these women and their personal development throughout the book. Elena, the daughter of Bremer’s wealthy host family, and Cecelia, a slave, join Bremer in her journey through the Cuban countryside. Engle chronicles Bremer’s real life trip to Cuba in 1851 in this historical fiction. It tells the story of Fredrika Bremer, a real life suffragette, from Swedish. This book, written in prose, is most suitable for middle grade readers. This is evident in Engle’s The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba, a book discussing the women’s rights movement in Cuba in the 19th century. Nearly all countries in Latin America have seen similar movements by minority groups–and these struggles are not necessarily recent. It is also important to note that the fight for civil rights is not specific to the United States. All minority groups have had to fight for their rights, and this includes women. This week, we would like to turn to a book written by Margarita Engle that puts a different spin on the idea of civil rights. Over the past several weeks, we have discussed how civil rights impact all people.
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