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Overview

First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. "Flight to Freedom" is closely based on Suarez's own story of leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s.

Yara Garcia and her family live a middle-class life in Havana, Cuba. But in 1967, as Communist ruler Fidel Castro tightens his hold on Cuba, the Garcias, who do not share the political beliefs of the Communist Party, are forced to flee to Miami, Florida. There, Yara encounters a strange land with foreign customs. She knows very little English, and she finds that the other students in her new school have much more freedom than she and her sisters. Tension ...

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Overview

First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. "Flight to Freedom" is closely based on Suarez's own story of leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s.

Yara Garcia and her family live a middle-class life in Havana, Cuba. But in 1967, as Communist ruler Fidel Castro tightens his hold on Cuba, the Garcias, who do not share the political beliefs of the Communist Party, are forced to flee to Miami, Florida. There, Yara encounters a strange land with foreign customs. She knows very little English, and she finds that the other students in her new school have much more freedom than she and her sisters. Tension develops between her parents, as Mami grows more independent and Papi joins a militant anti-Castro organization.

Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.

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A well-told story. . . . Full of mystery and misunderstandings, it will keep the reader on edge until the very end.
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As one of the two novels in of the new First Person Fiction series by Scholastic, Flight to Freedom is a first person fictional account, written in the form of a diary, of Yara Garcia's immigration to Miami. The first quarter of the novel takes place in Cuba, as Yara and her family wait for the government to process their visas to the United States. In the meantime, Yara's Papi must work out in the fields, and she and her sister Ileana spend forty-five days laboring on a tobacco farm. Finally, they arrive in the U.S. only to face a new set of challenges. Yara has left her brother and other relatives behind, and she must contend with learning a new language, and a new way of life. Her Mami (mother) learns to drive and gets a job, while Papi (father) joins an anti-Castro group which hopes to end his rule, by force if necessary. Readers will relate to Yara's struggles with her parents as she tries to convince them to allow her to attend parties and travel with her friend, and as she keeps her sister's secrets. After the end of the diary entries, Veciana-Suarez recounts her own journey from Cuba to the United States, and how she gathered information for Yara's story. The First Person Fiction series resembles the Dear America series, and Scholastic has future accounts planned from Chinese Americans, Haitian Americans, and Puerto Rican Americans. 2002, Orchard Books, 208 pp.,
— Jackie Bach

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780439382007
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 2/1/2004
  • Pages: 215
  • Age range: 12 - 15 Years
  • Series: First Person Fiction
  • Product dimensions: 4.94 (w) x 6.98 (h) x 0.61 (d)
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 7, 2007

    really good book

    This is a really great book being cuban i can relate to yara. It just shows how different cultures can be. I read this book last year and i loved it. i also loved the diary form of the book and how it shows you when it happend. i would deffanitly recammend this book big time!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 24, 2006

    Flight To Freedom

    This is a book about a girl who came to Miami from Cuba, and writes about her experiences in her diary. I love the way that Veciana-Suarez uses the streets' stores and buildings here in Miami. For example: once I was reading in the car and I noticed that I was on Flagler around the time I was reading about Flagler Street or I would think 'Hey I've been to that place before.' I also like Veciana-Suarez's writing style. The sentences are simple enough so you can read faster. I also like how she wrote about the culture. I often thought of my crazy Cuban relatives while reading about Yara's crazy Cuban relatives. I would even compare them! The book opened my eyes a little wider to my Cuban culture. I will never forget how this book changed the way I view my culture. Flight to Freedom talks alot about the communist government. Reading it I would sometimes say: 'We should give this book to Bush to see if he would help out the Cubans.' This book, I hope, opened the eyes of many young Americans on the issues Cuba faces. I hope that they will now understand Cubans a little better and theat they know about our culture. So if you would like to be educated and enriched by the Cuban clture buy this book. It is the best book you will read. Hey, it was the best book I have ever read!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 28, 2005

    A review July-2005

    I'm still reading this book, but so far I think it's okay, it's not terrible and it's not one of my favorites, but I like it all right. Always say ad least one good remark about a book, even if you didn't like it as much, because if you don't you may hurt the author's feelings or so. I recommend it for middle schoolers.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 22, 2005

    Great

    This book rocked! My mom is a cuban immigrant, so that may be why I liked it so much! Its not just about a girl who moves to another country, its about a girl who is growing up in a communist place! It showed how the cubans loved there home so much, and how they had to work in the fields and then whoosh-she moves to Miami! She gets a friend afte being taunted, and shows how everyone has gotta have heart!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 30, 2005

    I thought it was an interesting book.

    I thought this book was that bad. I mean it was a story about a girl Yara who has to move to the US and you read about her experiences and how she needs to adapt to all the new things. Personally, i liked the book because it shows how hard it is adapting to all the new costumes in a totally different place.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 3, 2005

    The Worst

    I THINK THAT IT WAS THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE THE STORY IS ABOUT A GIRL WHO GOES TO ANOTHER COUNTRY BOO HOO WHO CARES IF SOMEONE WRITES A BOOK THEY SHOULD WRITE A GOOD ONE.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 14, 2003

    It wasn't the Best Book on Earth

    When I first started reading it, it was slow and kind of rushed. The middle was defianattly alot better. Though in some parts the author went into great detail about the smallest things and didn't really describe the big events real well. The idea for the ending was good, but it wasn't carried out reall well. It was too rushed. However the author did let the reader really get to know who Yara was. Yara is a strong character. She is young teenager who moves from Cuba to America and is trying to fit in with both countries. At home she has to act Cuban and at school she has to act American. I think that if the author works on her writing she'll turn out pretty good. I would recomand this book for middle schoolers.

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