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The number on my father's arm, by Rodolfo Alvarado = El número en el brazo de papá / por Rodolfo Alvarado ; traducción al español de Gabriela Baeza Ventura

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The number on my father's arm, by Rodolfo Alvarado = El número en el brazo de papá / por Rodolfo Alvarado ; traducción al español de Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 10-15, Arte Público Press, Piñata BooksGrades 7-9, Arte Público Press, Piñata Books
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The number on my father's arm
Responsibility statement
by Rodolfo Alvarado = El número en el brazo de papá / por Rodolfo Alvarado ; traducción al español de Gabriela Baeza Ventura
Summary
After years of wondering about his father's terrifying nightmares and strange tattoo, seventeen-year-old Tomás discovers that Papi was not only deported as a child, he is a World War II veteran and Holocaust survivor. Includes facts about Anthony Acevedo, the first Mexican American to register as a concentration camp survivor, on whose life the story is based
Target audience
pre adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Número en el brazo de papá
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