Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
by Carlos Eire
“Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.” In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
Year Published 2003
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Eire, Carlos M. N.--Family
- 20th century
- Family
- Eire, Carlos M. N.--Childhood and youth
- Eire, Carlos M.N
- Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Personal narratives
- Social life and customs
- Havana (Cuba)--Social life and customs--20th century
- Cuban Americans--Biography
- Refugee children
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Cuba
- Revolution, 1959
- Havana (Cuba)--Biography
- Havana (Cuba)--Social conditions--20th century
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Havana (Cuba)
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | Cuba
- Operation Peter Pan
- History
- Cuban Americans
- United States
- Social conditions
- Childhood and youth
- Biography / Autobiography
- Refugee children--United States--Biography
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography
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