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 & Content
- Genres
- Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Gender Representation
- Boys/Men
- Girls/Women
- 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
