Shadow of a Bull
Author | : Maia Wojciechowska |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2012-06-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781442465930 |
ISBN-13 | : 144246593X |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Maia Wojciechowska's 1965 Newbery Medal winner about a young boy struggling with his father's legacy. 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?