Lost in Spain

by John Wilson

Ted and his parents are very excited about their summer vacation in Europe. Unfortunately, their longed-for vacation leads them directly into the dangers and intrigues of the burgeoning Spanish Civil War. Ted's political activist father ventures into the war-zone to observe conditions shortly before his mother is badly injured in a street riot. Ted is forced to find his way into Spain in an attempt to find his father. His new Spanish friend, Dolores, helps him travel into a Spanish countryside full of danger in what seems at times to be a hopeless quest. Will Ted survive the war-ravaged countryside and re-unite his family?

174 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

John Wilson, an ex-geologist and frustrated historian, is the award-winning author of fifty novels and non-fiction books for adults and teens. His passion for history informs everything he writes, from the recreated journal of an officer on Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic expedition to young soldiers experiencing the horrors of the First and Second World Wars and a memoir of his own history. John researches and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island. There are many more details in his memoir, Lands of Lost Content, https://www.amazon.com/Lands-Lost-Con...

Reviews

[Shawn Bird · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a fast read, so it's not deep, but it did give me a real sense of the Spanish Civil War that fit with what I experienced and heard when I was in Spain earlier this year. Lots of action to keep you flipping pages. I was stunned when I started reading and discovered the book opened in my small BC town! Not what you expect about a book set in Spain, you can imagine. I was irritated by how Ted refers to his father as Will throughout the book. Why doesn't he call him dad? or father? It's so strange, it seemed there should be a reason for it. He calls his mother, Mom, after all. An interesting read that seemed to give a good glimpse at the character of the country and the context for the history.

[Carolyn Lockwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a little tedious. I enjoyed the last pages, but it took me awhile to get through it. I felt like I was reading a history textbook and not historical fiction.