Milagros: Girl from Away facts for kids
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| Author | Meg Medina |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Published | 2008, Henry Holt and Company |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 288 pages |
| ISBN | 0805082301 |
| Followed by | Tía Isa Wants a Car |
Milagros: Girl from Away is a 2008 children's novel by Cuban-American author Meg Medina. It was first published on 11 November 2008 through Henry Holt and Company and follows a young girl who has to deal with various struggles, including an absentee father. The book took Medina about eighteen months to write.
Synopsis
After Milagros de le Torre's father ran off to join a band of pirates, Milagros has to put up with constant teasing and her family has had much trouble trying to make ends meet. Despite these troubles, Milagros truly loves her Caribbean home and as such is traumatized when invaders storm her tiny island's shores and kill everyone in sight. Milagros manages to escape by way of a small dinghy and ends up landing in coastal Maine, where she is seen as an oddity. She's taken in by a family, but at the same time Milagros struggles to come to terms with her own cultural identity and the meaning of family.
