For a Sack of Bones - Hardcover

Baulenas, Lluls-Anton

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012555 ISBN 13: 9780151012558

Publisher: Harcourt Publishers,U.S., 2008

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Hardcover. Pub Date: 07 2008 Pages: 368 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt After Eight years in exile. Sergeant Genis Aleu returns to the city of Barcelona bearing the mark of a man who has seen many battles - and who has one last mission ahead of him. A soldier in the infamous foreign legion. Aleu cuts a fearsome figure as he negotiates around the paranoid and suspicious citizens of Franco's Spain. single-mindedly trying to fulfil his father's dying wish.But beneath the gruff and gritty life of a legionnaire are echoes of Niso - Aleu as a young boy in a charity orphanage - and Niso's passionate devotion to his family. the ideals of his country. and the possibility of a better future.Now. as the people of Spain struggle to survive under the thumb of Fascist oppression. Aleu hurtles toward his own reckoning with the truth of war and the dangerous effects of living a lie.

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"This compelling story...is told from alternating perspectives.... Suspense builds as readers are introduced to characters they fear will lead to Aleu's downfall. The powerful story engages readers' emotions while hurtling them toward the heartbreaking climax."--Jane Ritter"School Library Journal" (08/01/2008)

Synopsis:

After eight years in exile, Sergeant Genis Aleu returns to the city of Barcelona bearing the mark of a man who has seen many battles - and who has one last mission ahead of him. A soldier in the infamous foreign legion, Aleu cuts a fearsome figure as he negotiates around the paranoid and suspicious citizens of Franco's Spain, single-mindedly trying to fulfil his father's dying wish.But beneath the gruff and gritty life of a legionnaire are echoes of Niso - Aleu as a young boy in a charity orphanage - and Niso's passionate devotion to his family, the ideals of his country, and the possibility of a better future.Now, as the people of Spain struggle to survive under the thumb of Fascist oppression, Aleu hurtles toward his own reckoning with the truth of war and the dangerous effects of living a lie.

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