Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

by MS Margarita Engle

Rafael Lopez (Illustrator), Rafael López (Illustrator), and Rafael Lpez (Illustrator)

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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.
  • ISBN13 9780544102293
  • Publish Date 31 March 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Houghton Mifflin
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 48
  • Language English