Lorenzo's Secret Mission - Softcover

Guzman, Lila; Guzman, Rick

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558853413 ISBN 13: 9781558853416

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 2001

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Finalist, ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Young Adult category Armed with a long knife, flint-lock musket, and his father's medical bag, fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Bannister sets off to fulfill his father's deathbed with. Lorenzo joins a secret flatboat operation delivering much-needed medicine and gunpowder to George Washington's army, leading the reader on a romping ride from the docks of New Orleans to the battlefields of the American Revolution. This action-packed historical novel for young people tells the story of Gibson's Lambs and the Spaniards, forgotten heroes of the struggle for independence."

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This exciting action-adventure for young adults tells the story of the Spanish contribution to the American Revolution.

About the Author:

LILA GUZM�N is the author of Green Slime and Jam (Eakin Press, 2000), a middle-aged fantasy novel. She translated Campaign of the Maestrazgo (Longwood Academic Press, 1990) and A Royalit Volunteer (Melton University Press, 1993). She is the recipient of several awards for her writing, including Honorable Mention in Fiction, Dorothy Daniels Honorary Writing Award from the National League of American Pen Women.

RICK GUZM�N practices law in Austin. A former army officer, he graduated from Rice University and the University of Houston Law Center. They live in the Hill Country area of Texas, just outside Austin.

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