Authors: Christina Gonzalez
viva la revolución
(VEE-vah lah reh-voh-loo-see-OHN): long live the revolution
y tú
(ee too): and you
yo se leer
(yo seh leh-EHR): I know how to read
yo soy
(yo soy): I am
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2010 by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Visit us on the Web!
www.randomhouse.com/kids
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/teachers
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz.
The red umbrella / Christina Diaz Gonzalez. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89628-6
1. Cuba—History—1959–1990 — Juvenile fiction. [1. Cuba—History—1959–1990 —
Fiction. 2. Family life — Cuba — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.G5882Re 2010
[Fic]—dc22
2009022309
Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.
v3.0