Boy21
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- 9,99 €
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Descripción editorial
¿CUÁNTO TIEMPO PASARÁ ANTES DE QUE SUS VERDADERAS HISTORIAS SALGAN A LA LUZ Y TENGAN QUE AFRONTAR LA REALIDAD DE SU PASADO?
El baloncesto ha sido siempre una vía de escape para Finley. Vive en el malogrado pueblo de Bellmont, un lugar regido por la mafia irlandesa, las drogas, la violencia y los enfrentamientos raciales. Siempre ha soñado con salir de allí de alguna manera, pero hasta que lo consiga, enfundarse su camiseta con el número veintiuno le ayuda a ver las cosas de otro modo.
Russ acaba de mudarse al barrio, y la vida de este fenómeno del baloncesto juvenil ha dado un vuelco a causa de la tragedia. Separado de todos sus seres queridos, solo responde al nombre de Boy21, tomado del número de su antigua camiseta.
Los dos se verán obligados a interpretar un papel para poder seguir con sus vidas. Hasta que sus caminos se cruzan, en el último año de instituto. La gran amistad que surge entre ellos será la respuesta que ambos necesitan.
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High school senior Finley has always hoped that his basketball skills will help him escape the dead-end streets of Bellmont, a racially divided town outside Philadelphia, where his future seems bleak. As the only white guy on his school's basketball team, Finley is acutely aware of the uneasy relationship between Bellmont's substantial Irish- and African-American populations. Then Finley's coach introduces him to Russ, a black teenager who, ever since his parents were murdered, has retreated into a strange internal world, claiming to be an extraterrestrial known as Boy21. As Finley and Boy21's friendship slowly strengthens, they help each other change and grow; both boys attempt to understand past tragedies in their lives, as well as a new one involving Finley's girlfriend, Erin, which further disrupts Finley's understanding of the world. As in Sorta Like a Rock Star, Quick comes perilously close to overstuffing his story with offbeat characters and brutal twists of fate. Yet his emotionally raw tale retains a delicate sense of hope and optimism, making it a real gut punch of a read. Ages 12 up.
