[CUBA] Rima's Rebellion by Margarita Engle (2022) 1st Edition / 1st Printing / HC

Rima's Rebellion 

by Margarita Engle (2022)

NY. Atheneum. Hardcover.  1st Edition / 1st Printing. Orange boards over red spine, titled in gilt on the spine. Spine ends slightly pushed, else a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. YA 12 and up. Novel in verse.

Rima admires and aspires to be like las mambisas—courageous woman veterans of Cuba’s wars of independence from Spain, now fighting for women’s suffrage—and joins them. It begins in 1923 Cuba and spans 13 years. It's about Rita joining the fight for women’s rights amid her country’s misogynistic norms and policies.