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
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Activism
Settings: Cuba
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American, Black/African/African American, Brown-Skinned and/or Race Unspecified, Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary