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Wings in the Wild & Alas salvajes (Spanish edition)

18 April, 2023

The cover has a yellow background with lots of green leaves from the forest around the edges. In the trees, there are brightly colored birds. In the bottom center there is a simple structure that a young man is sitting on while playing a guitar. There is a young woman next to him holding a paintbrush. There are open paint cans near her feet. They are gazing at each other. There are two large parrots next to them that are pushing their heads together affectionately. The cover has a yellow background with lots of green leaves from the forest around the edges. In the trees, there are brightly colored birds. In the bottom center there is a simple structure that a young man is sitting on while playing a guitar. There is a young woman next to him holding a paintbrush. There are open paint cans near her feet. They are gazing at each other. There are two large parrots next to them that are pushing their heads together affectionately. Wings in the Wild & Alas salvajes (Spanish edition) by Margarita Engle
Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Winged beings are meant to be free. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that doesn’t meet their approval. Soleida and her parents protest this injustice with their secret sculpture garden of chained birds. Then a hurricane exposes the illegal art, and her parents are arrested.

Soleida escapes to Central America alone, joining the thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica while seeking asylum elsewhere. There she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy whose enigmatic music enchants birds and animals—and Soleida.

Together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba. Soon they discover that love isn’t about falling—it’s about soaring together to new heights. But wings can be fragile, and Soleida and Dariel come from different worlds. They are fighting for a better future—and the chance to be together. — Cover images and summary via Goodreads

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