by Geraldine McCaughrean, Alberto Montaner · Ediciones Vicens Vives, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788431663834
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«El Cid» is the historical novel for young readers by Geraldine McCaughrean and Alberto Montaner, published by Vicens Vives in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
An adaptation of the Cantar de Mio Cid that follows Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, banished from Castile by King Alfonso VI, in his effort to regain his honour in medieval Spain. The adaptation by McCaughrean and Montaner combines martial feats, affronts, loyalty and humanity, with an epic yet relatable hero.
Fourth volume in the «Clásicos Adaptados» collection; second edition, with illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. This edition includes an introduction, notes and activities.
Aimed at readers aged 14 and up: school reading in secondary education and young people interested in the classics of Spanish literature.
Geraldine McCaughrean is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including Peter Pan in Scarlet (2004), the official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, es worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others.
