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A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorMadrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into the country under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography -- and fate -- introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War -- as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.Grades 7-9 | Ages 12 and Up | Lexile NA
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The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2019
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ruta Sepetys
- Verlag
- Gale, a Cengage Company
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2019
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 741
- ISBN13
- 9781432870331
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Romantik, Historische Romane, Liebe, Frauen, Amerikanische Literatur, 20. Jahrhundert, Geheimnisse, Spanien, Adoption, Diktatur, Fotografen
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2019
- Originaltitel
- The Fountains of Silence
- Bewertung
- 4,3 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorMadrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into the country under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography -- and fate -- introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War -- as well as chilling definitions of fortune and fear. Daniel's photographs leave him with uncomfortable questions amidst shadows of danger. He is backed into a corner of decisions to protect those he loves. Lives and hearts collide, revealing an incredibly dark side to the sunny Spanish city.Grades 7-9 | Ages 12 and Up | Lexile NA