A JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE AND TRANSFORMATION. THE IMPACT OF MENTORSHIP AND ARTS IN A RAW, REALISTIC SETTING.

The narrative follows a recently divorced teacher who returns to his impoverished childhood neighborhood to fill in a temporary teaching position. There, he meets Marcos, a troubled student grappling with family issues involving alcoholism and domestic violence. The teacher, with a similar past and deep connection to the neighborhood, finds a way to reach Marcos, through music and literature, helping him channel his pain into creativity and self-expression. The rhythmic narrative structure, alternating between the teacher’s and Marcos’ first-person perspectives, enhances the plot’s realism and emotional depth avoiding idealization while emphasizing the profound impact that belief and trust can have on an individual.

Pedro Ramos Pedro Ramos (Madrid, 1973) is a teacher, a writer and a scriptwriter. Member of the European Association of Creative Writing Programmes. So far, he has published three fiction novels for adults and six for young-adult audiences, as well as an interactive serial series, some scripts for docs and fiction and a poetry book. He has received the Los Inmortales Award and the Edebé Award and his book An Ewok in the Garden was considered one of the 20 best works published in Spanish in 2022. In addition to writing, he teaches writing workshops for adults and teenagers, and coordinates literary meetings to encourage reading among the youngest. Every Friday she shares a piece of life at www.lau2.org .