Title: Drum dream girl
Description: Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's 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.
Subjects: Drummers (Musicians), Sex role, Dance music, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction, Children's fiction, Stories in rhyme, Sex role, fiction, Cuba, fiction, Music, fiction, Musicians, fiction, award:Pura_Belpre_award
Places: Cuba
Time periods: 1909-1933