The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba written by Margarita Engle and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC About Awards Won Title Year Pura Belpré Award The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. 2011 - Honor(s) Email Print Cite Share This Page FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail