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Book Recommendation – Silver People, Voices from the Panama Canal

Title: SILVER PEOPLE – Voices from the Panama Canal Author: Margarita Engle Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 25th, 2014 Genre/Form: Historical fiction in verse Ages: 12+ Themes: Creation of Panama Canal, laborers, race, rain forest Opening Sentences:  MATEO from the Island of Cuba JOB HUNT … Continue reading

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