The Cat King of Havana

354 pages

English language

Published Jan. 28, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-06-242283-5
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OCLC Number:
932576241

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5 stars (1 review)

A sixteen-year-old Cuban American joins a salsa class to meet a girl, then invites her to spend the summer with his family in Havana. They investigate his mother's reasons for leaving Cuba decades earlier, learning about the impact politics can have on individual lives.

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5 stars

That moment when you're kind of stuck to a wall where your books is plugged into the charger (I read on my phone and the screen devours battery).
Author mentions salsa and Cuba as his two passions he tried to put in this book and I feel it's really apt, as those were the main things I got from reading it. I had to keep reminding myself I don't actually care for the dance, I don't quite get it when I watch it. Then again, maybe I just haven't seen my Ana dance.
The one thing that I got a bit mixed feelings on is how Rick, our protagonist, sometimes just goes with the flow, sometimes seems to do quite daring feats. I guess I expected him to be more shy, less decisive from the beginning of the book. But I guess he's closer to how humans really are - …

Subjects

  • Politics and government
  • Cuban Americans
  • Teenage boys
  • Salsa (Dance)
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction

Places

  • Cuba