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The Red Umbrella follows 14‑year‑old Lucia Alvarez as she departs her sleepy Cuban town in 1961 to join Operation Pedro Pan, the organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children fleeing Fidel Castro’s revolution. While her parents send her, her brother, and herself to the United States in hopes of safety, Lucia must adapt to life in Nebraska, learning a new language and navigating a foreign culture while battling the memories of her former home. Facing the loss of friends and neighbors and the relentless surveillance of the regime, the story explores family bonds, cultural identity, and the longing for home in a young refugee’s coming‑of‑age experience.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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