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Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music

By Margarita Engle, Illustrated by Rafael López

In early 20th century Cuba, drumming was something for only boys and men. This book tells of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a girl so enamored of the drums that she even managed to change her own father’s mind, getting lessons and becoming the first well-known female drummer in Cuba, and the one to open the way for all girls after her to have the chance.

Nominated

2016-2017 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 4.2

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Copyright March 31, 2015

ISBN# 978-0544102293 (HB)

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