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Winner of the 1965 Newbery Medal Manolo Olivar knows he is a coward. He is afraid of heights, cars, and bulls - especially bulls. But as the son of Juan Olivar, the greatest matador in Spain, everyone expects him to be a bullfighter. Now, at eleven, Manolo must fight his first bull. But, no matter how much he practices, he is still terrified. Can Manolo find the courage to fight the bull with honor? Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in Manolo's case it is. For his father had been Juan Olivar, the greatest bullfighter in all Spain. And Manolo was his son in two special ways: one, he looked just like his father; and two, everyone expected that he, Manolo Olivar, would repeat the success of his father, would be just what his father had been - a fighter of bulls and a killer of death.

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