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Picture book · Children

Drum Dream Girl

how one girl's courage changed music

written by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López

44 pages · 2015

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About the book

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has 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.

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