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“I had been thinking about it for a while. Maybe, trough Facebook it was easier for me to relate to other people. What if I became someone else, with a fake name? It would be like starting from scratch — at least on the Internet. At the time I reckoned it was a brilliant idea, but now I think about what I did and see it like it really was: absolute stupidity.”

Being someone else on the Internet looks like a game. So, if you don’t like who you are, why not make up a character? Why not make up the person you really want to be? It’s easy, funny, with no consequences. But the Internet is not too different from real life: the fingers that press the keys are human fingers, attached to real people — people with faces, people with lives that can get entangled with yours, for good … or for evil.

Scott is 27 years old and the only thing he can brag until now is to have failed in each and every aspect of his life. After giving up two degrees, he has passed through different jobs without taking roots in any of them. Love has been a constant failure for him, too. Since his last girlfriend abandoned him, Scott feels his life as an endless desert. With his self-esteem on minimum, he is forced to accept a simple –and apparently- underpaid job in his own building. Since the first day, the hermit-like tenant of the attic will ask Scott to play snakes and ladders with him, which Scott has not played since he was a kid. Very soon, Scott will discover that the elder man uses the squares of the board to give him essential lessons – one every morning- for his life. This simple pastime (created by the Greek soldiers during the Troy’s siege) will help Horace teach Scott the keys of the art of living and how to repair those mistakes that led him to failure until now. While the mornings pass by among coffees, rounds and conversations, Scott will begin to understand the cause and effect that has given shape to his present. However, Horace will also advise him that knowing the rules of the game is not enough. Once you be aware of the tramps and dangers, the labyrinths and shortcuts, you must be brave enough to move forward the board of life with courage and sense of adventure.

Mentira, Edebé Award for YA Literature, 2015

Xenia has always worked hard to get the best grades, because she dreams of going to Medical School, but her performance has dropped lately. The thing is, Xenia has fallen in love — and not with a boy from her surroundings, but with a ghost, a voice coming from Internet with whom she shares her passion for reading. As Xenia is a very determined girl, and her virtual love refuses to meet, she resolves to surprise him, and starts making inquiries with the little information she has.

Everything turns out to be false, a lie; neither the pic nor the name are real. Who is her soul mate, in truth? Repented of neglecting her school work, she confesses everything to her parents, convinced she has been a victim of mischief. However, soon an unexpected package will reveal to her the identity of the boy with whom she shared her most intimate emotions. The package comes from a reform school, and carries the story of a killer.

El sueño de Berlín, XII Anaya Award for Children and YA Literature

El sueño de Berlín  is a novel about Ana, a teenager with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). When Bruno, her schoolmate, finds out about the problem, he tries to help her. With as much vehemence as inexperience he encourages her to sign up for the summer break trip, so she can accomplish one of her dreams: to go see, in Berlin, the bust of Nefertiti.

On the other hand, Ana’s family life is not tension free. Her father encourages her to be like any girl of her age, while her mother wants her to take her medicines, and overprotects her.

Yes We Dance is the story of Martina, Sofia and Liu, three fans of the BB Brothers willing to do anything to dance in their next video clip.

Martina, Sofia, and Liu are inseparable friends, and fans of the BB Brothers. When they find out that there’s going to be a contest in their neighborhood to choose the dancers for their next video clip, they have no doubts: they are totally going for it!

Their dance skills are pretty basic, so they need to train hard if they want to succeed. Besides, there will be people trying to get in their way, such as the Fashion Girls … Will Martina and the others get what they want?