
When Castro's Cuba crumbled, 14,000 unaccompanied children fled to America. "The Red Umbrella" - now mandatory reading in 32 states - brings this hidden history alive through one girl's journey, drawing from the author's own family who lived this extraordinary exodus.
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The white heron circles lazily above Puerto Mijares beach as fourteen-year-old Lucia and her younger brother Frankie enjoy a carefree afternoon fishing. With schools closed by Castro's government, they're enjoying an unexpected vacation in their Cuban paradise. The beach remains their sanctuary, one of the few places where life still feels normal despite the revolution transforming their country. Their peaceful afternoon shatters when army trucks rumble past, filled with young soldiers whose eyes burn with revolutionary fervor. Racing home on their bicycles through streets once filled with ice cream vendors and domino players, they find their parents huddled around the radio, straining to hear updates through the static. Despite Papa's reassuring smile, the worry in their eyes is unmistakable. Outside, chants of "Socialismo o muerte!" echo through streets where neighbors who once shared coffee now eye each other with suspicion. When Lucia plans to meet her best friend Ivette for movies downtown, her mother's anxious expression stops her cold. "It's not safe outside," Mama insists, making the sign of the cross when Lucia mentions the soldiers they'd seen. The revolution is encroaching on their daily lives in ways large and small. Their favorite bakery no longer sells sweet rolls, claiming sugar shortages. Their elderly neighbor's pharmacy has been nationalized, the shelves growing emptier by the day. At night, Lucia overhears her parents whispering about visas, relatives in Miami, and something called "Operation Peter Pan," though they quickly change the subject when the children enter the room.
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