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Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music

by Engle, Margarita; Lopez, Rafael [illustrator].
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015Description: unpaged : col. ill. ; 26 cm. HB.ISBN: 9780544102293.Subject(s): Zaldarriaga, Millo Castro -- Musicians | Inspiration | Biography | Drummers (Musicians) -- Fiction | Drummers (Musicians) -- Biography | Musicians -- Fiction | Dance music -- Fiction | Sex role -- Fiction | UOI - Where we are in place and time - HistoryAwards: Pura Belpre' AwardSummary: Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.

Pura Belpre' Award