by Christine Nöstlinger · Editorial Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420435183
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«Konrad o el niño que salió de una lata de conservas» is the children's novel by Christine Nöstlinger, published by Alfaguara in paperback (148 pages).
Miss Bartolotti mistakenly receives a boy manufactured in a factory, obedient and perfect. She decides to keep him, but the factory demands his return. To avoid going back, Konrad must learn to behave like a normal boy, with the help of his new friends, in a story about identity and acceptance.
Work originally published in 1975 as Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse. It received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1979. It belongs to the Alfaguara Juvenil collection (No. 25).
For children and young adult readers looking for stories with humor, eccentric characters and reflection on identity.
Christine Nöstlinger was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature, for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense." She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984 and was one of three people through 2012 to win both of these major international awards.
