The composition / Antonio Skármeta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano.
2000
PZ7.S6257 Co 2000 (Mapit)
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Title
The composition / Antonio Skármeta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano.
Author
Uniform Title
Composición. English
Edition
1st English-language ed.
ISBN
0888993900
Publication Details
Toronto ; Buffalo : Groundwood Books ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 2000.
Language
English
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 24 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.S6257 Co 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
When a government official comes into a third grade classroom and tells the students to write a composition entitled "What My Family Does at Night," Pedro must decide how he feels about the military dictatorship that is running his country.
Note
English translation by Elisa Amado.
Awards
Jane Addams Award, 2001.
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