| Shadow of a Bull Contributor(s): Wojciechowska, Maia (Author), Smith, Alvin (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689300425 ISBN-13: 9780689300424 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1972 Annotation: Manolo Olivar has to make a decision: to follow in his famous father's shadow and become a bullfighter, or to follow his heart and become a doctor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 64012563 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: Shadow of a Bull Nrf |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.63" W x 8.57" (0.72 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 80 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo's consciousness--how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangel waiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one--he is a coward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables a bullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As the day when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himself questioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father's legendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny? |
Contributor Bio(s): Wojciechowska, Maia: - Maia Wojciechowska's family fled Poland during World War II and emigrated to the United States after the war. She worked as an undercover detective, a motorcycle racer, a translator for Radio Free Europe, and a bullfighter before turning to writing. She was a friend of Ernest Hemingway, who said she knew more about bullfighting than any other woman. |