The Drum Dream Girl : how one girl's courage changed music by Margarita Engle; Rafael López (Illustrator)Call Number: Easy EN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780544102293
Publication Date: 2015-03-31
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has 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.