CARLOS MORAES

14x21cm | 192 pág | R$35
ISBN 9788564571143

 

Jabuti Award1981 – Best Juvenile Book

Library Itaú 2012

 

The story takes place at the middle of last century and revolves around a football team from a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of a small town in Rio Grande do Sul, comprised of boys from two opposing groups, who have to overcome their feelings of becoming the best team in the region. The book describes the coming of age of a group of boys and girls through encounters, disagreements and rivalries, and discusses issues such as first love, banditry, and death.