by Paula Fox · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420440880
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«Un lugar aparte» is the young adult novel by Paula Fox, published by Alfaguara in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
After the death of her father, thirteen-year-old Victoria Finch moves with her mother to another city. There she befriends two boys, including Hugh, a young man with whom she talks about the world; she soon discovers that he also needs something from her. The protagonist learns to recognize her own personality while facing the changes of adolescence.
Published in 1986, this Spanish edition is aimed at young adult readers; the work falls within literature and fiction.
For young secondary school readers who enjoy stories about friendship, life changes and self-discovery.
Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs. Fox won the Newbery Medal in 1974 for her novel The Slave Dancer. She also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978 and won a 1983 National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback) for A Place Apart. In the mid-1990s, she enjoyed a revival as her adult fiction was championed by a new generation of American writers. In 2011, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
