by Elvira Lindo · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420401683
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«El otro barrio» is the young adult novel by Elvira Lindo, published by Alfaguara in 2004 in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish).
Ramón Fortuna is fifteen when an accident on October 12 causes the deaths of two people and places him at the centre of an investigation. Although the evidence points against him, Ramón knows he is innocent; his real struggle will not be to prove it, but to rid himself of the lies and ties that have surrounded him since birth. The story portrays life in a neighbourhood where marginality and young people waiting for better times coexist, and approaches the reality of juvenile detention centres.
Novel in the Alfaguara Serie Roja series, originally published in 1998 although this edition is from 2004.
Suitable for young and adult readers looking for a coming-of-age novel with a social backdrop and themes such as injustice and friendship.
Spanish writer, screenwriter and journalist, author of the children's series Manolito Gafotas and of adult novels such as 'A corazón abierto'. She won the Spanish National Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 1998.
