Awards

• Winner of Prix Farniente (Belgium).

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An historical thriller narrated from two different perspectives, in two eras. The novel revolves, around kidnapping of five babies during the night of 5th of April 1885. This is the start of the experiment into the idea of nature vs nurture. What happens if these children are given different upbringing? Twenty-five years later the children now grown up suddenly reappear on the doorsteps of their biological parents. Confused by his daughter’s memory loss, one parent hires Alejandro a journalist to investigate. What he discovers shocks him to the core.

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9781913109332

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Martín Blasco is an Argentinian author. He studied Film Direction at the CIEVYC Cinema and Audio-Visual College in Buenos Aires. His first book for young readers was published in 2007 and since then he has published thirteen books for children and young adults. Two of his previous novels have been included in the international White Ravens recommendations. He is winner of the ColibrÍ Medal awarded by IBBY Chile for his YA novel Los extrañamientos. The Darkness of Colours is his best-selling book to date. The French translation of The Darkness of Colours was awarded the Prix Farniente in Belgium, the winners of which chosen by adolescent readers

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