Dreaming in Cuban
By Cristina García
"Cristina García's story is about three generations of Cuban women and their separate responses to the revolution. The lives of Celia del Pino and her husband, daughters, and grandchildren mirror the magical realism of Cuba itself, a landscape of beauty and poverty, idealism and corruption. " - EBSCO
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Sexual Content, Language
The Washington Post noted how Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia was banned in the Sierra Vista Unified School District after a parent complained that her 10th-grade son was asked to read explicit passages aloud.
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