Drum dream girl : how one girl's courage changed music

Call Number

  • JE STORIES ENGL (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Publication Information

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

Physical Description

1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 27 cm.

Audience

Elementary Grade.

Summary

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.

Added Authors

Rafael López