The Red Umbrella
by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Fourteen-year-old Lucia’s parents aren’t happy with recent changes in... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2010
Word Count 54,908
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 137862
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 1959-1990
- Family life--Cuba--Fiction
- Cuba
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Family life
- History
- Cuba--History--1959-1990--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Cuba--History--1959-1990--Fiction
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Lists With This Book
- Global Reading
- Survival Books
- 6th Grade Social Studies - Central Ameri
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2020
Second Place Winner, 2011
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