The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
by Margarita Engle
Verse novel · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 780L · 176 pages · 2017
Why we'd hand it over
A lyrical, historically grounded introduction to suffrage and cultural identity that rewards patient readers; the verse form mirrors the emotional complexity of the protagonist's journey without simplifying it.