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Loading... The Lion and the Lamb (Starlight) (1993)by Jonathan Harlen
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Hector and his father Juan are immigrants from Nicaragua and when Hector is bullied by two Russian boys in the same block of flats, his father does the unthinkable and takes his shotgun into the Stolkov's apartment and kills the two goldfish. Hector is mortified by his father's drunken rages and other behaviour and he sets about trying to repair the feud between the two families by building a boat with the twins and dating their younger sister. But what will Juan say when Hector shows him how much he wants to be a fisherman and not a scholar like his father wishes. This book contains violence, sex, swearing and unpunished stealing. It is also on the VPRC. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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When Hector Castillo is bullied by two neighbouring Russian boys, his father Juan insists of taking swift revenge. Juan's temper and his deeply felt prejudice against 'the comunistas' soon lead to a full-scale family feud. Hector wants no part of this feud, and secretly does everything he can to make peace between the two families. But Hector must also make peace with his father. Suggested level: secondary. No library descriptions found. |
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