Skarmeta, Antonio  (1940-) <br/><br/>
The composition 
/ Antonio Skármeta ; pictures by Alfonso Ruano 
 - 1st English-language ed. 
 - Toronto  : Groundwood Books  , 2000 
 - unpaged  : illus.  ; 21 cm 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Spanish to English 
<br/><br/> Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780888993908 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dictatorship ----Fiction<br/>Military government---Fiction<br/>High schools----Juvenile fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.S6257  / Co 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>JUV FIC SKA