{"product_id":"my-brigadista-year","title":"My Brigadista Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terebithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she travels into the impoverished Cuban countryside to teach others how to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro’s army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Lora has barely been outside of Havana – why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody’s kitchen? But Lora is stubborn: didn’t her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Shining light on a little-known moment in history, Katherine Paterson 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. Inspired by true accounts, the novel includes an author’s note and a timeline of Cuban history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paige's Book Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986355736796,"sku":"9781406380811","price":16.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/8530\/6332\/files\/9781406380811.jpg?v=1759543384","url":"https:\/\/paigesbooks.com\/products\/my-brigadista-year","provider":"Paige's Book Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}