From The Cooperative Children's Book Center:Best known to U. S. audiences as the author of Il Postino, Chilean author Antonio Skármeta's chilling short story about a nine-year-old boy growing up in a military dictatorship will provide plenty of food for thought for young readers. Pedro is an ordinary kid who likes to play soccer and wishes his parents would buy him a real soccer ball. He doesn't understand why his parents spend so much time huddled around the radio listening to news until his best friend's father is taken away by soldiers. For the first time, Pedro begins to understand the political implications of his parents' actions, even though they try to shield him from such things...When an army captain shows up at Pedro's school and demands that the students write a composition entitled "What My Family Does at Night," Pedro does his best, hoping he will win a prize that will allow him to buy the soccer ball he wants so badly...
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