Sleeping with the light on, David Unger ; illustrations by Carlos Vélez Aguilera
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Sleeping with the light on, David Unger ; illustrations by Carlos Vélez Aguilera
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Sleeping with the light on
Oclc number
1127392565
Responsibility statement
David Unger ; illustrations by Carlos Vélez Aguilera
Summary
"Davico lives with his family on the second floor of La Casita -- the Little House -- in Guatemala City in the 1950s. But it's not just a little house -- it's also a restaurant! Davico and his brother Felipe love to spend time playing in the restaurant kitchen watching the lobster they've named Genghis Khan crawl around its glass tank. But one day, Davico hears shooting in the streets. There are blackouts every evening, and people stop coming to the restaurant. Finally, Davico's parents tell him that it's time to leave for the United States of America, where no one speaks Spanish, and everything is different."--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
juvenile
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- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Families -- Guatemala -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
- Restaurants -- Fiction
- Readers
- Refugees -- Guatemala -- Fiction
- Guatemala -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954 -- Juvenile fiction
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- Subject13
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Families -- Guatemala -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
- Restaurants -- Fiction
- Readers
- Refugees -- Guatemala -- Fiction
- Guatemala -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954 -- Juvenile fiction
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- Author1
- Illustrator1
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