{"product_id":"mexique-a-refugee-story-from-the-spanish-civil-war-9780802855459","title":"Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): María José Ferrada | Ana Penyas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Emigration, Immigration \u0026amp; Refugees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***THREE STARRED REVIEWS***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Picture Books of the Year selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA USBBY Outstanding International Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving, poetic story of the four hundred \"children of Morelia\" who escaped Spanish Civil War violence by fleeing to Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 27, 1937, over four hundred children sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. Home was no longer safe, and Mexico was welcoming refugees by the thousands. So each child packed a suitcase and boarded the \u003ci\u003eMexique\u003c\/i\u003e, expecting to return home in a few months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was just a short trip, an extra-long summer vacation, they thought. But the war did not end in a few months, and the children stayed in Mexico, waiting and wondering. When the war finally ended, a dictator--the Fascist Francisco Franco--ruled Spain, and home was even more dangerous than before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis affecting book invites readers onto the \u003ci\u003eMexique\u003c\/i\u003e with the \"children of Morelia,\" many of whom never returned to Spain during Franco's almost forty-year regime. Poetically told, \u003ci\u003eMexique\u003c\/i\u003e opens important conversations about hope, resilience, and the lives of displaced people. Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Picture Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalka Penn Award Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Notable Poetry List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnited States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46311020036247,"sku":"9780802855459","price":1752.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802855459.webp?v=1767702190","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mexique-a-refugee-story-from-the-spanish-civil-war-9780802855459","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}