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Otello is South Americaâs star soccer player and has just signed a deal to play for a team in the southern part of his country, a region with a history of racism toward black northerners like Otello. Desmerelda is a white pop star and the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Their sudden and controversial marriage propels them to center stage, where they burn under the media spotlight. But celebrity attracts enemiesâsome very close to home. When a young girl is found murdered, Paul Faustino, veteran soccer reporter for La Nación, witnesses the power of the media in makingâand breakingâlives.
âAn exciting, engaging story.â âThe Guardian (UK)
âTotally electrifying.â âThe Times (London)
About: Winner of the 2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet takes a searing look at the world of soccer and pop-celebrity culture â and the lives of three street kids caught in its glare.
About: Winner of the 2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet takes a searing look at the world of soccer and pop-celebrity culture â and the lives of three street kids caught in its glare.
About: Otello is South Americaâs star soccer player and has just signed a deal to play for a team in the southern part of his country, a region with a history of racism toward black northerners like Otello.
About: Otello is South Americaâs star soccer player and has just signed a deal to play for a team in the southern part of his country, a region with a history of racism toward black northerners like Otello.
About: Winner of the 2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet takes a searing look at the world of soccer and pop-celebrity culture — and the lives of three street kids caught in its glare.
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