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#BookBinge Day 24: I received a copy of #Lightning Dreamer from the author herself whom we have invited in Singapore for the Asian Festival of Children‘s Content back in 2012, I think. The story speaks of a time when young girls are not only disallowed from having an education, they were also banned from reading books (because men don‘t like ladies who have their own minds). My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-7B8

A novel in verse that tells an unusual story. Unfortunately much of the poetry seems fluffy and trite and surrounds one little nugget of insight. Not bad, but I hoped for better.

Mid 1800s, Cuba. Tula(Gertrude's Gomez de Avellaneda), an abolitionist (and feminist), resists the arranged marriage at age 14; then continues to write about injustices she sees.
"I don't want to be a man,
just a woman
with a voice."

When I think of Cuba, slavery and it abolishment doesn't cross my mind. This is a wonderful story of courage in the face of slavery and opression that came in many forms.