Title: La perrona
First published: 2006
Description: As the Spanish Civil War begins, eight year old Abel is sent from Gijón to a children's home in Russia for safety, never to see his parents again.  The "perrona" is a coin of the Spanish Republic, given him by his father before he left home.
Subjects: Children, History, Juvenile fiction, Refugees, Social life and customs, Spain Civil War, 1936-1939
Places: Russia, Spain
Time periods: Civil War, 1936-1939
LC classification: MLCS 2006/47543