Inspired by the true story of Jemmy Button–a native boy from Tierra del Fuego who was taken to England to be “civilized”–this book illustrates Jemmy’s extraordinary encounters as an outsider in an unfamiliar land and his emotional return home….

• ISBN: 9780763664879
• Authors: Uman, Jenifer; Vidali, Valerio
• Published: 2013 , Candlewick Press
• Themes: explorers, homesickness, Indigenous, sense of belonging, voyage
• Descriptors: Argentina, Chile, Historical Fiction, Latin America, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)