Nancy’s Pick:
August 2014
The Boy Who Said No: An Escape to Freedom
Patti Sheehy, Published June 4, 2013
The Boy Who Said No is the true story of a young boy, Frank Mederos, in Cuba during the change that became the Castro regime of rule. The book is a first hand account of a Cuban boy’s life and the difficulties that the Cubans endure. The book provides an insight as to what life is like as Communism in the 60’s in Castro’s Cuba is just taking root. The story reinforces that the human spirit will take extraordinary risks to flee oppressions to seek freedom. The author’s writing makes the reader feel the struggles that Frank Mederos, his family, and all the Cuban citizens experience at the loss of freedoms.
The Boy Who Said No is that kind of book that as the reader, I have to finish quickly, but at the end I want more! Good news, there is a sequel coming in September 2014.