El Lector
William Durbin

El Lector

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Location: Ybor City / Tampa
Reading level: Middle School
Genre: Historical fiction

Thirteen-year-old Bella wants to be a lector like her grandfather. He sits on a special platform in a cigar factory, reading novels, poetry, newspapers, and union news to the workers as they roll cigars. But the Depression, labor troubles, and a new invention called the radio make Bella's dream difficult to realize.