A beautiful collaboration based on a true story.
Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali discovered a mutual interest in this story and overcame language obstacles with the help of translators. Jemmy Button, a native of Tierra del Fuego, was brought to England in the mid-1800s to be "educated and civilized." The book illustrates Jemmy's adventures in England, his extraordinary encounters, his homesickness and experiences as an outsider in a strange land, and his return home.
| ISBN: | 9780763664879 |
| Publication date: | 26th March 2013 |
| Author: | Alix Barzelay, Jennifer Uman, Valerio Vidali |
| Publisher: | Templar an imprint of Candlewick Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical fiction / autobiographical stories Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Historical Fiction |