The Firefly Letters

Name: The Firefly Letters
ISBN: 9781429959452

by Margarita Engle

Pura Belpré · 2011 · Honor

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Children's Young AdultISBN 9781429959452

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Pura Belpré Award	2011	Honor	“Honor — The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle”

About This Book

Recognized by the Pura Belpré Award in 2011.

About the Author

Margarita EngleCuban American

Margarita Engle (born September 2, 1951) is a Cuban American poet and author of verse novels for young readers, including the Newbery Honor-winning The Surrender Tree, Pura Belpré Award winner The Poet Slave of Cuba, and memoir Enchanted Air. She served as the Young People's Poet Laureate (2017-2019) and received the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2019.