90 Miles to Havana

By: Enrique Flores-Galbis

Narrated by: Enrique Flores-Galbis

Winner of a Pura Belpré Award, this middle grade Cuban American coming-of-age novel is inspired by the author's own experience.

When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it’s not always clear how best to protect themselves.

©2010 Enrique Flores-Galbis (P)2013 AudioGO

Inspiring and heartwarming!

What a wonderful account of a boy’s courageous experience. This book reminds me of Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez. Any reader would be influenced for good by the many life lessons learned from this experience. The description and author’s craft was delightful to the ears. I could imagine all of it like I was right next to him.

What a great adventure!

For me this book was special because I also grew up in a world that was rapidly changing, in Zimbabwe, and as a kid I didn't really realise what it all meant.

Things I loved about this book:
- that it is told from a child's perspective so there is very little judgement on the politics of the day.
- it's a real adventure
- it shows that even though the people can be nasty to us at times it's kindness and friendship that holds our world together
- I loved being invited into this warm Cuban family.

Thanks Enrique for sharing your story!

A great adventure.

The universe loves courage. It rewards courage by lifting barriers.

This story is proof of that quote. A truly epic adventure. Id love to meet Julian.

This book was great!!!

I loved this book and I highly suggest it. There was so many changes they had to go through but they made it through everything

Wonderful

I originally downloaded this book for my literature class a.k.a. reading class as a 6th I’m not very fond of reading . Going into this book I was not excited I did not think it was going to be good or exciting I started to listen to it more and more and might I say I just love The story the person who read the story is amazing and I would love to hear him read more stories thank you so much audible for putting this together