The Composition - by Antonio Skarmeta (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Skarmeta's concise and pointed descriptions of Pedro's acquisition of political consciousness and discretion is brilliant."<br>
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