O Caderno Vermelho da Rapariga Karateca
(The Karate Girl's Red Notebook) Book not yet available in English
Summary:
“N isn’t a girl, she’s a karateka. N is 14, almost 15, and her biggest dream is to be a black belt and kiss Raul. N likes to write, but would rather fight Raul. (Writing is boring.) This isn’t a diary. It has no key, no secrets. (Yes, it has secrets.) It also has its own will, shifting pages, words like ‘diarrhoea’ and ‘romantic’ and characters like the wicked witch who wants to learn to be good and the fly who didn’t know who she was. This is the Karate Girl’s Red Notebook. N’s favourite object, a pet, a character, a real person. (What is truth?)”
Edited by: Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva

Comment:
Highly Recommended — Category “Literature in Portuguese Language”, FNLIJ (Brazil, 2015) Winner — Youth Category, Branquinho da Fonseca Award, Expresso/Gulbenkian (2011) Advised — National Reading Plan