A twelve-year-old boy learns about death and the conflicts that grip his Central American country when he’s pressed into military service and trained as a soldier.

• ISBN: 9780395669556
• Author: Moeri, Louise
• Published: 1993, Houghton Mifflin
• Themes: Conflict, Death, Military and war, training
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Latin America, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 208