The Art of White Roses in Bloomington, MN

It is 1957 in Marianao, a suburb of Havana. Adela Santiago is 13 years old and lives in a small blue house with her mother, father, brother, and grandfather. And yet something is amiss. The students on her street are disappearing. Not only that but her parents' marriage seems to be disintegrating and her cousin is caught up in a bombing at the Hotel Nacional. Welcome to a world where a revolution is brewing. Welcome to Cuba. Winner of the Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature. Ages 14+. "The Art of White Roses is a striking debut by an up-and-coming young adult fiction writer. It is well-paced and has a cast of engaging characters. It is also a sharp-eyed study of power and community, responsibility and questioning values, and the contradictory messages of adults."—Kirkus