by Brock Cole · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420447117
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«Celine» is the young adult novel by Brock Cole, published by Alfaguara in paperback, with 172 pages, in Spanish.
Celine, a sixteen-year-old artist, wants to travel to Europe, but first she must prove her maturity: rewrite an essay on The Catcher in the Rye and look after Jake, her seven-year-old neighbor, during his parents' separation. The novel portrays the doubts, fantasies and responsibility of adolescence.
Originally published in 1989, this Spanish edition appeared in 1992, translated by Pedro Barbadillo, in the Alfaguara Juvenil collection (no. 450).
Recommended for readers aged 14 and over, interested in realistic novels about adolescence and the transition to maturity.
Brock Cole is an American children's author and illustrator. He is an author and illustrator of pictures books for children as well as a writer of novels and novellas for young adult readers. The subject matter of his juvenile fiction is perhaps more controversial than that of his peers, landing him on the ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990-2000. Though some of his books have been challenged for content, he has become well known for his style and form.
