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A Different Home Cuban-Americans Hopes and Dreams series By Tana Reiff An 80-page reader for Beginning Readers Middle School to Adult A Different Home, reader - $9.50 ISBN 10: 0-86647-433-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-433-7 A Different Home, audio CD - $9.50 ISBN 10: 0-86647-434-X ISBN 13: 978-0-86647-434-4 A Different Home, reader/CD set - $19.00 ISBN 10: 0-86647-435-8 ISBN 13: 978-086647-435-1 A Different Home - Digital Edition with Audio Rent: $9.50 Buy: $19.00 ISBN: 978-0-86647-515-0

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A Different Home. In 1962 Mario Perez’ parents sent him alone to work in the United States. He had been helping them run their sugar business after it was taken over by the Castro government. Mario arrived in Miami with a few clothes and little money. He got a job in a grocery store while he studied English. The Cuban Refugee Center found him a job in a bank, but not in Miami. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and helped the bank work with Spanish-speaking customers. He did well. He became a citizen, married, had two daughters, and was elected to the school board. Then after 20 years, his parents were able to leave Cuba. He went back to Miami and hired a boat.