by Jordi Sierra i Fabra · Santillana Educación, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420405308
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«La nueva tierra» is the young adult historical novel by Jordi Sierra i Fabra, published by Alfaguara in its Serie Roja in 2010 (328 pages, in Spanish).
In 1815, Mateo Castell, a seventeen-year-old Spaniard traveling with his Bible, arrives in New Granada as a soldier of Ferdinand VII in the war against the independence of the American colonies. Wounded in a skirmish, he takes refuge in a Muisca village, where the young Divayra saves his life. Love grows between them and Mateo becomes part of the community, but one night he is captured by Spanish soldiers and must return to fight in the independence battles led by Simón Bolívar, in a story of love, duty and hope.
The novel is part of Alfaguara's Serie Roja.
Recommended for young adult readers and lovers of historical narrative set during the independence of Latin America.
Spanish writer and journalist
