Evamar

* “Written in beautifully emotive verse, the story alternates between the pair’s perspectives as they fall passionately in love, despite the looming challenges of a long-distance romance complicated by international politics. . . . Readers will root for the young couple and, after a deeply buried secret is revealed, they’ll hope for a sequel to explore its possibilities. Captivating and heartfelt.”

* “Written in beautifully emotive verse, the story alternates between the pair’s perspectives as they fall passionately in love, despite the looming challenges of a long-distance romance complicated by international politics. . . . Readers will root for the young couple and, after a deeply buried secret is revealed, they’ll hope for a sequel to explore its possibilities. Captivating and heartfelt.”

* “Spellbinding . . . Lyrical narration is rendered with a striking mix of romanticism and reality with Spanish text—accompanied by translations—smoothly incorporated throughout. It’s an immersive love song to the power of both ancestral history and first romance.”

Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Rima’s Rebellion ; Your Heart, My Sky ; With a Star in My Hand ; The Surrender Tree , a Newbery Honor winner; The Lightning Dreamer ; and Wild Dreamers , a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air , which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl , Dancing Hands , and The Flying Girl . Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.