Your heart, my sky : love in a time of hunger

Your heart, my sky : love in a time of hunger / Margarita Engle.

Author/creator	Engle, Margarita author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021.
Copyright Notice	©2021
Description	208 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Starvation--Juvenile fiction. Dogs--Juvenile fiction. Love--Juvenile fiction. Families--Cuba --Juvenile fiction. Cuba--History --20th century --Juvenile fiction.

Abstract	Summer, 1991. The people of Cuba are living in el periodo especial en tiempos de paz - the special period in times of peace. That's what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation. Hunger has made Liana brave: she finds the courage to skip a summer of so-called volunteer farm labor, even though she risks government retribution. Amado also refuses to comply, so he wanders alone, trying to discover rare sources of food. United by a chance encounter, they soon discover that love can feed their souls and hearts - but is it enough to withstand el periodo especial? This story is told in their alternating voices - alongside the perspective of the stray dog that brought them together. -- description adapted from jacket.
Interest age level	Ages 12 and up
Interest grade level	Grades 8-10
Audience	1210 Lexile
Genre/form	Young adult works.
Genre/form	Social problem fiction.
Genre/form	Romance fiction.
Genre/form	Novels in verse.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Juvenile works.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Social problem fiction.
Genre/form	Romance fiction.
Genre/form	Novels in verse.
LCCN	2020012225
ISBN	9781534464964 (hardcover)
ISBN	1534464964 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781534464971 (paperback)
ISBN	1534464972 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)