I Lived on Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series)

I Lived on Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series)

An eleven-year-oldâ€™s world is upended by political turmoil in this searing novel from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile.

Celeste Marconi is a dreamer. She lives peacefully among friends and neighbors and family in the idyllic town of Valparaiso, Chileâ€”until the time comes when even Celeste, with her head in the clouds, canâ€™t deny the political unrest that is sweeping through the country. Warships are spotted in the harbor and schoolmates disappear from class without a word. Celeste doesnâ€™t quite know what is happening, but one thing is clear: no one is safe, not anymore.

The country has been taken over by a government that declares artists, protestors, and anyone who helps the needy to be considered â€œsubversiveâ€ and dangerous to Chileâ€™s future. So Celesteâ€™s parentsâ€”her educated, generous, kind parentsâ€”must go into hiding before they, too, â€œdisappear.â€ To protect their daughter, they send her to America.

As Celeste adapts to her new life in Maine, she never stops dreaming of Chile. But even after democracy is restored to her home country, questions remain: Will her parents reemerge from hiding? Will she ever be truly safe again?

Accented with interior artwork, steeped in the history of Pinochetâ€™s catastrophic takeover of Chile, and based on many true events, this multicultural ode to the power of revolution, words, and love is both indelibly brave and heartwrenchingly graceful.
Country USA
Brand Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781416953449
ReleaseDate 2014-03-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781416953449

Country	USA
Brand	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781416953449
ReleaseDate	2014-03-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781416953449

I Lived on Butterfly Hill (The Butterfly Hill Series)

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