Sleeping with the Light on

by David Unger

Book Overview

Davico lives with his family above La Casita - the Little House - in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it's not just a little house. It's also the family restaurant

The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There's a huge oven in the gas cookstove, which Felipe knows how to light -- if...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773063847
• ISBN13: 9781773063843
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4