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Ada, Alma Flor.

Where the flame trees bloom / by Alma Flor Ada ; illustrated by Antonio Martorell. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1994. - 75 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Introduction
The Teacher
Choices
The Surveyor
Lightning
Samoné
The Legend
Canelo
The Rag Dolls
Mathematics
The Ice-Cream Man
The Feast of San Juan
Epilogue

Includes eleven stories about the relatives and friends that were part of the author's childhood in Cuba.

ISBN: 0689319002 (alk. paper)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
Ada, Alma Flor--Homes and haunts--Cuba--Juvenile literature.
Ada, Alma Flor--Childhood and youth.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, American
Authors, Cuban
Cuban American women
Families
Authors, American.
Family life--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Cuba--Juvenile literature.--Cuba.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cuba--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Intellectual life--Juvenile literature.
Cuba--Social life and customs.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.54 B / ADA