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Text copyright © 2020 by Margarita Engle
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Engle, Margarita, author.
Title: With a star in my hand : Rubén Darío, poetry hero / Margarita Engle.
Description: First edition. | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020] | Summary: A novel in verse about the life and work of Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019003842 | ISBN 9781534424937 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534424951 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Darío, Rubén, 1867–1916—Childhood and youth—Juvenile fiction. | Nicaragua—History—1838–1909—Fiction. | CYAC: Novels in verse. | Darío, Rubén, 1867–1916—Childhood and youth—Fiction. | Poets—Fiction. | Nicaragua—History—1937–1979—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.5.E54 Rub 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019003842