| The Composition Contributor(s): Skarmeta, Antonio (Author), Ruano, Alfonso (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0888995504 ISBN-13: 9780888995506 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: In a village in Chile, Pedro and Daniel are two typical nine-year-old boys. Up until Daniel's father gets arrested, their biggest worry had been how to improve their soccer skills. Now, they are thrust into a situation where they must grapple with the incomprehensible: dictatorship and its inherent abuses. "The Composition" is a winner of the Americas Award for Children's Literature and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Violence - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002113655 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 9.06" W x 8.06" (0.29 lbs) 36 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 35414 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pedro is a nine-year-old boy whose main interest in life is playing soccer. The arrest of his friend Daniel's father and a visit to the school of an army captain who wants the children to write a composition entitled What My Family Does at Night suddenly force Pedro to make a difficult choice. The author's note explains what a dictatorship is and provides a context for this powerful and provocative story. |