The Red Umbrella
Author: Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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 firs….Read More
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