The honesty of a love that breaks the mold.
Roberto is a sixteen-year-old boy who began his career as a violinist at the age of four and has the potential to become a famous violinist. He belongs to Madrid’s upper class, and his family is willing to do whatever it takes to make the most of his talent, so they make him apply to a famous school in Chicago to study music with a prestigious Russian professor. But Roberto isn’t sure that this is what he wants and feels pressured by his family to pursue a career in music.
Roberto meets Luna, a student who attends the same high school as him, when they begin to send each other messages they carve into the wooden desk they both share in one classroom.
Luna comes from a humble neighborhood and her life couldn’t be more different from his. This, however, is not an impediment for Roberto, who begins to hang out with Luna’s friends and meets Sebi and Mocolindo. Despite his parents’ opposition, Roberto creates a strong bond with the boys, and falls in love with Luna, until they become inseparable. But some problems begin to arise.
The problem is caused by Santi, Roberto’s cousin, a spoiled boy who is accustomed to getting all the money he wants from his parents and from his side hustle as a drug dealer. One day, Santi’s motorcycle disappears, and he does not hesitate to blame and accuse Sebi of the crime. However, Roberto soon discovers that his cousin faked the theft to sell the bike on the black market and pay off his drug debt.
Roberto tries relentlessly to convince his parents to help him withdraw the accusation, but they decide to stand on Santi’s side instead.
Roberto will have to make a big decision: to confront his parents to defend the truth or live in compliance. At the same time, his feelings for Luna grow stronger every day and he is obliged to choose between his love for her, or a future offered to him in Chicago as a violinist.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: Unmasked, a novel which has been reprinted more than 30 times, talks about authenticity, and the importance of staying true to yourself, and touches on the topic of personal values when they go beyond family wishes.
Alfredo Gómez Cerdá is one of the most prolific Spanish authors of children’s books and Young Adult literature. He has collaborated with numerous newspapers and magazines and his books have become bestsellers in Europe, America, and Asia.
He has won over twenty-five awards in his career as an author, among these are the Barco de Vapor Awards, which he was won in two occasions; the Gran Angular Awards for youth literature, which he has also won in two occasions; the Munich White Raven Awards granted to him in two occasions as well; the Altea Award; the Cervantes Chico Award; the Lazarillo Award and the National Award for Children’s Books and Young Adult Literature.
What the critics have said about the book:
“Stunning, fantastic, magnificent.” Goodreads
“I found it to be a beautiful love story, that teaches you not to give up and to fight for your dreams, learn to make important life decisions and know how to act fairly at all times.” El Rincón de los Buenos Lectores (literary blog)
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Movie.
LANGUAGES AVAILABLE: Spanish.
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