The guard always follows the general's orders without question. This time, the order is that no one must cross the line! The right-hand page of this book must be kept blank for the general. As the crowd builds up on the border, the guard is under pressure. If no one is allowed onto the next page, what will happen to the story?
And then a ball bounces across the line . . .
This slapstick postmodern tale is also a profound statement about dictatorship and peaceful revolution, from an award-winning author/illustrator team.
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Isabel Minhos Martins is the founder of the Portuguese publisher Planeta Tangerina. She is the award-winning author of numerous book, including Don't Cross the Line! , Nobody Passes and With Time . Yara Kono is a prize-winning illustrator.
More about Isabel Minhos MartinsBorn in Portugal in 1976, MARIA ANA PEIXE DIAS received her PhD in Biology from the University of Lisbon, before migrating for a short time to Great Britain to work with BirdLife International, the world's largest nature conservation partnership. Since her early childhood, Maria has showed a particular interest in the insects and plants takin
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