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Margarita Engle Books in Order

Margarita Engle has written 40 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is Singing to Cuba (1993) and the newest is Evamar (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
40
Published
1993–2026
Pages on record
3,363 in 21 of 40 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,363 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 40 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Margarita Engle, author of the Enchanted Air series

Margarita Engle is a Cuban American poet who writes most of her books in verse, for children, young adults and adults alike. Cuban history and the natural world supply her subjects, from The Poet Slave of Cuba (2006) through The Surrender Tree (2008) and Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (2009). The Surrender Tree made Engle the first Latino writer to receive a Newbery Honor, in 2009. Engle served as the sixth Young People's Poet Laureate from 2017 to 2019 and won the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Her catalogue runs to 40 books, beginning with Singing to Cuba (1993) and reaching Evamar (2026).

How many Margarita Engle books are there?

Margarita Engle has 40 books, released between 1993 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Enchanted Air series.

Margarita Engle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 Margarita Engle books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Singing to Cuba by Margarita Engle (1993)
  2. Cover of Skywriting by Margarita Engle (1995)
  3. Cover of The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle (2006)
  4. Cover of The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle (2008)
  5. Cover of Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle (2009)
  6. Cover of Summer Birds by Margarita Engle (2010)
  7. Cover of The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle (2010)
  8. Cover of The Wild Book by Margarita Engle (2012)
  9. Cover of Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle (2013)
  10. Cover of The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle (2013)
  11. Cover of Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish by Margarita Engle (2014)
  12. Cover of Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle (2014)
  13. Cover of Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle, book 1 of the Enchanted Air series (2015)
  14. Cover of Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle (2015)
  15. Cover of Orangutanka by Margarita Engle (2015)
  16. Cover of Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle (2016)
  17. Cover of Bravo! by Margarita Engle (2017)
  18. Cover of The Flying Girl by Margarita Engle (2018)
  19. Cover of Soaring Earth by Margarita Engle, book 2 of the Enchanted Air series (2019)
  20. Cover of Dreams from Many Rivers by Margarita Engle (2019)
  21. Cover of Dancing Hands by Margarita Engle (2019)
  22. Cover of With a Star in My Hand by Margarita Engle (2020)
  23. Cover of A Song of Frutas by Margarita Engle (2021)
  24. Cover of Light for All by Margarita Engle (2021)
  1. 1
    Singing to Cuba1993 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993163
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  2. 2
    Skywriting1995 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995288
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  3. 3
    The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano2006 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006183
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  4. 4
    The Surrender Tree2008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
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  5. 5
    Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba2009 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009199
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  6. 6
    Summer Birds2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    The Firefly Letters2010 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010151
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  8. 8
    Hurricane Dancers2011 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011145
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  9. 9
    The Wild Book2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Mountain Dog2013 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013215
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  11. 11
    The Lightning Dreamer2013 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013182
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  12. 12
    Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  13. 13
    Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal2014 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014260
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  14. 14
    Enchanted AirEnchanted Air #12015 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015192
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  15. 15
    The Sky Painter2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  16. 16
    Drum Dream Girl2015 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201544
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  17. 17
    Orangutanka2015 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201540
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  18. 18
    Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words2016 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016163
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  19. 19
    Miguel's Brave Knight2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  20. 20
    Bravo!2017 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201754
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  21. 21
    All the Way to Havana2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  22. 22
    Morning Star Horse2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  23. 23
    Forest World2017 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017188
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  24. 24
    The Flying Girl2018 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201840
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  25. 25
    A Dog Named Haku2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  26. 26
    Soaring EarthEnchanted Air #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  27. 27
    Dreams from Many Rivers2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  28. 28
    Dancing Hands2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  29. 29
    Jazz Owls2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019192
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  30. 30
    With a Star in My Hand2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  31. 31
    A Song of Frutas2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202140
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  32. 32
    Light for All2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  33. 33
    Your Heart My Sky2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021224
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  34. 34
    Rima's Rebellion2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  35. 35
    Singing with Elephants2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  36. 36
    Water Day2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  37. 37
    Wings in the Wild2023 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023224
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  38. 38
    Wild Dreamers2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  39. 39
    Island Creatures2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  40. 40
    Evamar2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Margarita Engle books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Enchanted Air in order

2 books
  1. 1. Enchanted Air
  2. 2. Soaring Earth

Standalone books

38 books

38 Margarita Engle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Margarita Engle books in order?

You only need to read Margarita Engle books in order within the Enchanted Air series, which holds 2 of the 40 Margarita Engle books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Margarita Engle

Start with Singing to Cuba (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Margarita Engle book?

Evamar (2026) is the newest Margarita Engle book released so far.

Is there a new Margarita Engle book coming?

No next Margarita Engle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Margarita Engle has won

Wikidata records 9 awards for Margarita Engle. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature2016Won
  • Belpré Medal2016Won
  • Charlotte Zolotow Award2016Won
  • Américas Award2015Won
  • Américas Award2012Won
  • Belpré Medal2009Won
  • Américas Award2009Won
  • Belpré Medal2008Won
  • Américas Award2006Won

Margarita Engle at a glance

Still publishing
Margarita Engle published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Margarita Engle books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,363 pages across the 21 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 182 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Margarita Engle books, 24 of 40, were published in the 2010s.

What the Margarita Engle books are about

33 of the 40 Margarita Engle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 15 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.