Toro! Toro!

Toro! Toro! is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito rears a little black calf and they become firm friends, but the boy doesn't yet understand the fate of the black bulls. Later, when he learns of the horrors of the bull fight, he frees Paco, the black bull, and rides with him into the hills. There they witness the bombing of their village during the Spanish Civil War, and Antonito cannot go back?his family and the farm are destroyed, and Paco has run off, wild with fright. He decides to stay in the hills, where he meets up with the Resistance fighters. During the War, Antonito hears stories round the campfire of the wonderful black bull, who becomes a symbol of freedom for them all.

COVER: Paperback

CONDITION: Pre-Loved

TYPE OF BOOK: Educational

SUB-TYPE: History-Biographies-Autobiographies

ISBN: 9780007874767

LANGUAGE: English

SUGGESTED AGE LEVEL: 9-12 years

AUTHOR'S NAME: Michael Morpurgo

NO OF PAGES: 128

PUBLISHER NAME: Published January 1st 2002 by n/a (first published January 1st 2001)