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de Jenkins, Lyll Becerra
THE HONORABLE PRISON
New York : Puffin, 1988.
IL YA RL 7.5 .
Marta Maldonado lives in a small Latin American country that is being run by a dictator. People who oppose the dictator have a habit of "disappearing". Marta's family has finally had enough and Marta's father decides the time is right to leave the country. The decision comes too late, however. There is a knock on the door and the family is sent off to prison. Through long days at the prison, Marta tries to keep her faith. Will Marta ever be released from her HONORABLE PRISON?
SUBJECTS:     Political prisoners -- Latin America -- Fiction.
              Latin America -- Fiction.
             Freedom of speech -- Fiction.

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