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Caminar / Skila Brown.

by Brown, Skila.

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Candlewick Press, c2014.

Boys -- Guatemala -- Juvenile fiction.

Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction.

Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Juvenile fiction.

9780763665166 (hc.)

0763665169 (hc.)

193 p. ; 22 cm.

"Carlos knows that when the soldiers arrive with warnings about the Communist rebels, it is time to be a man and defend the village, keep everyone safe. But Mama tells him not yet -- he's still her quiet moonfaced boy. The soldiers laugh at the villagers, and before they move on, a neighbor is found dangling from a tree, a sign on his neck: Communist. Mama tells Carlos to run and hide, then try to find her ... Numb and alone, he must join a band of guerillas as they trek to the top of the mountain where Carlos's abuela lives. Will he be in time, and brave enough, to warn them about the soldiers? What will he do then? A novel in verse inspired by actual events during Guatemala's civil war, Caminar is the story of a boy who loses nearly everything before discovering who he really is."--From publisher.

Grades: 6-up. SLJ.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

Historical fiction, Juvenile.

Novels in verse, Juvenile.

War stories, Juvenile.

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