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Cristina Garcia

Cristina García is the author of six novels, including the National Book Award finalist Dreaming in Cuban; children’s books; anthologies; and poetry. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages, and she is the recipient of a... Read full bio

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King of Cuba
King of Cuba A Novel By: Cristina Garcia
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 21, 2013
Vivid and alive, Cristina García’s new novel transports readers to Cuba, to Miami, and into the heads of two larger-than-life men—a fictionalized Fidel Castro and an octogenarian Cuban exile obsessed with...
Other Formats: eBook
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The Dog Who Loved the Moon
The Dog Who Loved the Moon By: Cristina Garcia
Illustrated by: Sebastia Serra
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: October 4, 2011
Ages: 4 - 8
Pilar received two gifts for her birthday: a pair of dancing shoes, and a little white puppy, named Paco after her favorite uncle. Pilar loves Paco, even more than she loves dancing to the beat of her Tio Paco's drum. And Paco...
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Dreams of Significant Girls
Dreams of Significant Girls By: Cristina Garcia
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: July 12, 2011
Ages: above 14
Brought together each summer at a boarding school in Switzerland, three girls learn a lot more than just French and European culture. Shirin, an Iranian princess; Ingrid, a German-Canadian eccentric; and Vivien, a Cuban-Jewish...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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The Lady Matador's Hotel
The Lady Matador's Hotel A Novel By: Cristina Garcia
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: September 7, 2010
National Book Award finalist Cristina García delivers a powerful and gorgeous novel about the intertwining lives of the denizens of a luxurious hotel in an unnamed Central American capital in the midst of political...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
I Wanna Be Your Shoebox By: Cristina Garcia
This edition: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
Publication date: September 22, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Because Yumi RuÍz-Hirsch has grandparents from Japan, Cuba, and Brooklyn, her mother calls her a poster child for the twenty-first century. Yumi would laugh if only her life wasn't getting as complicated as her heritage....
Other Formats: eBook