One Summer Day

By Debra A. Garland

It was a time of pure chaos, a time when violence and fear rules. With civil war looming in the beautiful island of Ecuador, the Zapata’s, a small family of four, quietly planned their escape from all the destruction and their possible death from the war. Using their family’s small fishing boat, Havier and Maria Zapata with their parents braved the sea and its dangers and an uncertain future with hopes of their salvation—living in peace in a new land.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 28, 2015
• ISBN: 9781628389777

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Copyright © 2014 Debra A. Garland

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First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2014

ISBN 978-1-62838-976-0 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-62838-977-7 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Havier Zapata was a good young man. He was respectful, did his school work, and listened to his parents. Every evening after his father returned from work, they would go to the shore and work on their boat. After they were on the shore and were sure that no one was in sight, Mr. Zapata would begin his story like he did so many times before. "One day, Havier, this boat will be our salvation. It will bring us a new beginning. We will have peace, and we will