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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