Neverforgotten
Author: Alejandra Algorta
Format: Hardback, 288 pages, 140mm x 191mm
Published: 2021, Levine Querido, United States
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Fabio flies through the streets of Bogota on his bicycle, the children of his neighbourhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right - where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again.
From Colombia comes a special debut talent, Alejandra Algorta, and a first novel of discovery and heartbreak. Algorta's distinct and poetic prose has been translated by award-winning author Aida Salazar, and presented in English and Spanish.
Alejandra Algorta is a writer and editor from Bogota. She is the founder and editor of the poetry publishing house, Cardumen. Neverforgotten is her debut novel.
Aida Salazar is the author of the verse novels The Moon Within, winner of the International Latino Book Award, and Land of the Cranes, winner of a NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor. She is a founding member of Las Musas. She lives with her family of artists in a teal house in Oakland, CA. Neverforgotten is her first book of translation.
Ivan Rickenmann is a painter and professor from Bogota, who has exhibited his work worldwide. He is particularly interested in abandoned spaces that allow you to witness the passage of time. This is his first book for children.
Fabio flies through the streets of Bogota on his bicycle, the children of his neighbourhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right - where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again.
From Colombia comes a special debut talent, Alejandra Algorta, and a first novel of discovery and heartbreak. Algorta's distinct and poetic prose has been translated by award-winning author Aida Salazar, and presented in English and Spanish.
Alejandra Algorta is a writer and editor from Bogota. She is the founder and editor of the poetry publishing house, Cardumen. Neverforgotten is her debut novel.
Aida Salazar is the author of the verse novels The Moon Within, winner of the International Latino Book Award, and Land of the Cranes, winner of a NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor. She is a founding member of Las Musas. She lives with her family of artists in a teal house in Oakland, CA. Neverforgotten is her first book of translation.
Ivan Rickenmann is a painter and professor from Bogota, who has exhibited his work worldwide. He is particularly interested in abandoned spaces that allow you to witness the passage of time. This is his first book for children.