| ID | 019520 |
| Call Number | FIC/ENG |
| Title Proper | Drum dream girl |
| Other Title Information | How one girl's courage changed music |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Engle, Margarita ; Lopez, Rafael (ill.) |
| Publication | Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2015. |
| Description | 32p Red Spine |
| Note | Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's 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. |
| Standard Number | 9780544102293 |
| Price. Qualification | $16.99(Hb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | PYP ; Sex role - Fiction ; RISK TAKER ; Courage - Fiction ; Music - Fiction ; Cuba ; Determination (Personality trait) - Fiction ; Gender - Fiction ; COURAGEOUS ; UOI - Art ; Gender discrimination - Fiction ; Drummers (Musicians) - Fiction ; Dance music - Fiction ; Dance music ; Drummers (Musicians) ; Cuba - History - 1909-1933 - Fiction ; Discrimination - Fiction |