Title: The red umbrella
Description: In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, History, Family life, Fiction
Places: Cuba
Time periods: 1959-1990