num_pages: 32
description: Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended TitleLife is simple for Pedro -- he goes to school, does his homework and, most importantly, plays soccer. But when the soldiers come and take his friend Daniel's father away, things suddenly become much more complicated.Why, for instance, do Pedro's parents secretly listen to the radio every evening after dinner? And why does the government want Pedro and his classmates to write compositions about what their parents do in the evening?Humorous, serious and intensely human, this powerful picture book by Chilean writer Antonio Skarmeta presents a situation all too familiar to children around the world. And for children it provides food for thought about freedom, moral choices and personal responsibility.
language: English
title: The Composition
titlecomplete: The Composition
genres: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, International, Cultural, Childrens, School, Picture Books, Latin American, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 546
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Picture Book, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Américas Award, name: Premio Unesco de Literatura Infantil, name: Premio Libreter, name: Los Mejores del Banco del Libro
publisher: Groundwood Books