Island Creatures
Island Creatures by Margarita Engle is a poignant love story presented in verse, published by Simon and Schuster on July 8, 2025. This edition spans 272 pages and is written in English. The narrative follows childhood friends Vida and Adán, who reconnect in Florida while navigating their shared passion for protecting endangered animals and the challenges posed by their family dynamics.
Readers will find a rich exploration of themes such as friendship, love, and the struggle for compassion amidst adversity. As Vida reads to animals at a wildlife rescue center, she reminisces about her childhood adventures in Cuba with Adán, who is grappling with his own difficulties in a new environment. Their reunion sparks a journey of healing and understanding, as they confront old family grudges and seek a kinder future for themselves and the creatures they strive to protect.
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From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes an inspiring and luminous love story told in verse about childhood friends, once lost and now reconnected, and their fight to protect endangered animals.
Every day, Vida reads to the creatures at the wildlife rescue center and dreams of her childhood in Cuba, where she and her best friend Adán adventured through the island rescuing animals from harm. Unbeknownst to her, Adán has also moved to Florida and is feeling trapped in his new home, buffeted by the stormy fights between his abuelo and papi. When a chance encounter with a captive fox leads to their reunion, Vida and Adán are able to find refuge from the cruelty that surrounds them in their soaring, rekindled romance.
Their love reaches new heights as they work together at the zoo that rescues rare species, but soon they realize that this peace is only temporary. Much like the wildlife they want to protect, Vida and Adán are caught in a cycle of distrust and heartlessness. As old family grudges and painful memories come to light, can they and their families learn to heal and forgive each other for a brighter, kinder future?
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