The Red Umbrella

The Red Umbrella - Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 590 
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Yearling; Reissue edition (December 13, 2011)
Kids  Ages 8-10
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution.
In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucía Álvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the soldiers come to her sleepy Cuban town, everything begins to change. Freedoms are stripped away. Neighbors disappear. Her friends feel like strangers. And her family is being watched.