Tell the Moon to Come Out (Puffin Teenage Fiction)

It is 1939. Spain is a country torn apart by a brutal civil war. Nick has come from Scotland illegally, in search of his father – who left the family home three years ago to fight in Spain. He never came back. Spain is a dangerous place for a boy with no identity papers. Nick has been told to trust no one. But then, ill and desperate, he meets Isabel, the daughter of a sergeant in the dreaded Civil Guard. She offers him help. She may be his only chance of survival – but can he trust her? A gripping, tense and affecting story for older children from acclaimed author Joan Lingard. It's 1939, and Spain is a country shattered by brutal conflict. The civil war has ended - but the hatred that caused it hasn't.Nick's father left Scotland to fight on the losing Republican side three years ago. He never returned. Now Nick has gone after him - crossing illegally into Spain, travelling without papers, trying to track down anyone who might be able to tell him what happened. But the risks are high for a foreign boy in Spain without permission. It's only with the help of one girl - Isabel, the daughter of a cruel Civil Guard sergeant - that Nick stands a chance of surviving . . . It's 1939 and Spain is shattered by civil war. Nick's father left Scotland to fight on the losing side three years ago; he never returned. Now Nick has gone after him crossing illegally into Spain, trying to get information. It's only with the help of Isabel, that Nick stands a chance of surviving. Set in Spain in 1939, a country torn apart by civil war, this novel tells of a son's search for a father who left his family to go and fight in Spain