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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skármeta, Antonio
Other Authors: Amado, Elisa, Ruano, Alfonso (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : Groundwood Books ; 2000.
Edition:1st English-language ed.
Subjects:
Dictatorship > Fiction.
Military government > Fiction.
Latin America > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Dictatorship > Juvenile fiction.
Description
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.
Item Description:English translation by Elisa Amado.
Physical Description:33 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm.
Awards:Américas Award, 2000.
Jane Addams Book Award, 2001.
ISBN:0888993900