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Title Statement | Before nightfall / by Silvia Vecchini ; translated by Geoffrey Brock ; illustrations by Sualzo. |
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Series | NYRB kids |
Author | Vecchini, Silvia |
Additional Contributors | Brock, Geoffrey,1964- |
Sualzo | |
Vecchini, Silvia | |
Publication | New York: New York Review Books,[2024]©2024 |
Edition | Mass Market |
Extent of Item | 119 pages |
ISBN | 9781681377926 (paperback) |
Other Number | pr07326420 |
General Notes | Translation of: Prima che sia notte. |
Audience & Ratings | 010-014. Grades 4-6. |
Languages | Translated from the Italian. |
Summary | Told through the perspective of his sister in poetry, prose, and the sign-language alphabet, when hearing-impaired Carlo begins to lose vision in his only functioning eye he must undergo an operation to try and save his vision. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Families--Juvenile fiction |
Hard of hearing people--Juvenile fiction | |
People with visual disabilities--Juvenile fiction | |
Siblings--Juvenile fiction | |
Family life--Juvenile fiction | |
By Genre | Children's stories |
Novels in verse |