Libertad

Name: Libertad
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ISBN: 9781554551064

ISBN-10: 1554551064

ISBN-13: 9781554551064

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alma Fullerton

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With their father gone to America to make money for his family, Libertad, his little brother Julio and their mother scrape a living out of a dump in Guatemala City. Although it is too late for him, Libertad is determined that his little brother should go to school. Taught to play the marimba by his father, Libertad uses his talent as a street musician to raise enough money for his brother's school supplies. But his dreams for their future are destroyed when their mother is killed in a freak accident. Libertad must face the inevitable truth; they cannot survive on the streets of Guatemala City alone. There is only one thing to do. They must set out on the long and lonely journey to the Rio…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
Publication date: 6/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.63" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.528

Alma Fullerton's free-verse novels for juvenile and young adult readers have earned her multiple nominations and awards, including the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and the CLA Book of the Year Honour. Her first picture book, A Good Trade, has been a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street Best Book, and a nominee for the OLA Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award and the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards. In 2013 Alma wrote and illustrated Community Soup, which was a CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection. Alma lives in Midland, Ontario.