| ID | 024321 |
| Call Number | FIC/PAT |
| Title Proper | My brigadista year |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Paterson, Katherine |
| Publication | London, Walker Books, 2018. |
| Description | 199p Yellow Spine |
| Note | Traces a young teen’s coming-of-age journey from a sheltered life to a singular mission: teaching fellow Cubans of all ages to read and write, while helping with the work of their daily lives and sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries hiding in the hills nearby. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author’s note and a timeline of Cuban history. |
| Standard Number | 9781406380811 |
| Price. Qualification | £6.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | UOI - Government ; UOI - Rights and responsibilities ; Historical fiction ; Lexile 830L ; Child teachers - Fiction ; Rural poor - Education - Fiction ; Literacy - Cuba - Fiction ; Cuba - History - 20th century - Fiction |