Welcome to Litsy!

From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively middle grade novel in verse that tells the story of a Cuban-American boy who visits his family�s village in Cuba for the first time�and meets a sister he didn�t know he had. Edver isn�t happy about being shipped off to Cuba to visit the father he barely knows. The island is a place that no one in Miami ever mentions without a sigh, but travel laws have suddenly changed, and now it�s a lot easier for divided families to be reunited. Technology in Cuba hasn�t caught up with the times, though, and Edver is expecting a long, boring summer. He was NOT expecting to meet a sister he didn�t know he had. Luza is a year older and excited to see her little brother, until she realizes what a spoiled American he is. Looking for something�anything�they might have in common, the siblings sneak onto the Internet, despite it being forbidden in Cuba, and make up a fake butterfly. Maybe now their cryptozoologist mother will come to visit. But their message is intercepted by a dangerous poacher, and suddenly much more than their family is at stake. Edver and Luza have to find a way to overcome their differences to save the Cuban jungle that they both have grown to love.