{"id":43645,"date":"2018-03-09T11:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=43645"},"modified":"2018-03-09T11:32:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:32:34","slug":"cuba-revolution-inverna-lockpez-illustrated-dean-haspiel-colored-jose-villarrubia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/cuba-revolution-inverna-lockpez-illustrated-dean-haspiel-colored-jose-villarrubia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: My Revolution by Inverna Lockpez, illustrated by Dean Haspiel, colored by Jos\u00e9 Villarrubia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43644\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Cuba-My-Revolution-by-Inverna-Lockpez-on-BookDragon-612x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Cuba-My-Revolution-by-Inverna-Lockpez-on-BookDragon-612x800.jpg 612w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Cuba-My-Revolution-by-Inverna-Lockpez-on-BookDragon-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/03\/Cuba-My-Revolution-by-Inverna-Lockpez-on-BookDragon.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>As the world welcomes 1959, 17-year-old Sonya is a hopeful young woman, despite the violent chaos that threatens her home city of Havana. Her boyfriend has already fled Cuba for Miami with his family, but Sonya is determined to contribute to the coming revolution by postponing her dreams of becoming an artist and training to become a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Young and passionate, she eschews danger, proving her loyalty to the Revolution. She&#8217;s there at the Bay of Pigs, where the carnage is shocking\u00a0\u2013 but even more so who she unexpectedly, shockingly faces. Despite her zealous dedication, she&#8217;s caught in a heinous web of accusations and misunderstandings that nearly destroys her.\u00a0Over the next seven years, Sonya survives a tortuous journey \u2013physical, intellectual, emotional \u2013 from dedication to disillusionment, as Castro and his followers seize power, only to betray the loyal citizens whose support placed him in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Starkly drawn in mostly black, white, and grey by Eisner-nominated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deanhaspiel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dean Haspiel<\/a> with the single affecting, haunting addition of shades of red colored by Jos\u00e9 Villarrubia, <em>Cuba<\/em> is based on artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invernalockpez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Inverna Lockpez<\/a>\u2019s own personal revolution, exorcising \u201caspects of [her] life [she] preferred to forget because they were so painful to remember.\u201d Shocking, wrenching, illuminating, Lockpez&#8217;s testimony is both mourning for too many lives lost, history erased, society betrayed, and yet an undeniable acknowledgement and celebration of resilience, resistance, and a promise of renewal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world welcomes 1959, 17-year-old Sonya is a hopeful young woman, despite the violent chaos that threatens her home city of Havana. 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