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Mexique : a refugee story from the Spanish Civil War Cover Image Book Book

Mexique : a refugee story from the Spanish Civil War / María José Ferrada, Ana Penyas ; translated by Elisa Amado.

Ferrada, María José, 1977- (author.). Penyas, Ana, 1987- (illustrator.). Amado, Elisa, (translator.).

Summary:

On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children boarded a ship called the Mexique and sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. This would just be a short stay, they thought. They'd be home in a few months. But the war dragged on and the children stayed, waiting and wondering, in Mexico. When the war finally ended, a dictator ruled Spain. Home was an even more dangerous than before. This moving book invites readers onto the Mexique with these child refugees, many of whom never returned to Spain. Poignant and poetically told, Mexique opens important conversations about hope, resilience, and the lives of displaced people in the past and today.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802855459
  • ISBN: 0802855458
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 x 23 cm
  • Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2020.

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General Note:
Originally published by © Alboroto Ediciones, Mexico, 2018.
Target Audience Note:
007-010. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

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Subject: Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Juvenile fiction.
Mexico > History > 1910-1946 > Juvenile fiction.
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Spain > History > Civil War, 1936-1939 > Fiction.
Mexico > History > 1910-1946 > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Refugees.
Mexico.
Spain.
Genre: Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Picture books.

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María José Ferrada is a Chilean journalist and writer. She is a recipient of the Municipal Prize of Literature of Santiago, as well as the Academy Award from the Chilean Academy of Language. In 2018 she received the Hispanic-American Prize for poetry for children. She currently works as the children's editor of Chilean Memory, a digital resource center of the National Library of Chile.

Ana Penyas has a degree in fine arts from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. In 2018, she was the first woman to win Spain's National Comic Award. She has also received the Josep Toutain Prize for Best New Talent at the International Comic Fair of Barcelona.

Raised in Valencia, she now lives in Madrid. Visit Ana's website at anapenyas.es or follow her on Instagram @ana_penyas.

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