The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
by Margarita Engle
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2010
Word Count 8,182
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1230L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 135907
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- Women--Suffrage--Cuba--Juvenile poetry
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Women
- Cuba
- Young adult poetry, American
- Novels in verse
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Suffrage
- Lists With This Book
- Latinx and Latin American Secondary
- Afro-Latinx Titles
Our Original Resources 4
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 15
Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Multicultural Children's Book Day
Interview with Margarita Engle
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March 23, 2016 interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Teaching Latin America through Literature
May 23, 2017 interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Austin Public Library
Interview with Margarita Engle
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Teacher Notes from Teaching Latin America through Literature
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Activities from Reading Can Educate Educators
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2020
Author Honor, 2011
Américas Award, 1993-2020
Honor, 2011
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2020
Commended, 2011
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2011
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2011
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