Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007
Batchelder Honor Book, 2007
Note
Originally published in France in 2003 by Bayard Editions Jeunesse under the title: Les larmes de l'assassin.
Summary
A young boy, Paolo, and the man who murdered his parents, Angel, gradually become like father and son as they live and work together on the remote Chilean farm where Paolo was born.