The composition
By: Antonio Skármeta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano
Contributors: Amado, Elisa; Ruano, Alfonso, ill
Edition: 1st English-language ed.
Publisher: Groundwood Books; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo; Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
ISBN-13: 9780888993908; 9780888995506
Subjects: Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Military government; Dictatorship; Schools; Juvenile fiction; Dictature; Fiction
Work titles: Composición
Description: 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.
Notes: English translation by Elisa Amado.

Américas Award, 2000