It's 1939, and Spain is a country shattered by brutal conflict. The civil war has ended - but the hatred that caused it hasn't. Nick's father left Scotland to fight on the losing Republican side three years ago. He never returned. Now Nick has gone after him - crossing illegally into Spain, travelling without papers, trying to track down anyone who might be able to tell him what happened. But the risks are high for a foreign boy in Spain without permission. It's only with the help of one girl - Isabel, the daughter of a cruel Civil Guard sergeant - that Nick stands a chance of surviving...
- ISBN10 0141316896
- ISBN13 9780141316895
- Publish Date 7 August 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 January 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 208
- Language English