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UNA BALA PARA EL RECUERDO
A Bullet for the Memory
UK panel´s choice Year 2018
Publisher:
SANTILLANA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL S.L. Language:
Spanish
Year of Publication:
2017
Pages:
192
Number of editions:
1
Spanish Retail price:
11.00€
ISBN:
9788491222583
Genre:
Children and Youth
Season:
Year 2018
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Una bala para el recuerdo (A Bullet for the Memory) SYNOPSIS
1938. Barruelo. 13 year old Miguel believes that his father, a Republican miner, died at the Front. Then, unexpectedly, comes the news that he is in a prisoner camp close to Oviedo. His mother begs the boy to bring his father home so Miguel sets off to find him, accompanied by his inseparable dog, Greta. Miguel will travel hundreds of miles, crossing mountains that are home both to wolves and deserters, he will steal food, escape from the the Guardia Civil, fall in love, meet people who have lost everything, become a man and witness with his own eyes the consequences of war.