In the Heart of the River

We’re crossing the border.
It’s the beginning of a long journey, just like the days when my tooth used to hurt, a tooth that now has eyes and a mouth painted on it, as if it were an imaginary being on a box by my bedside.

Diana will soon be eleven years old. She and her brother Juan travel hidden in a van and then in a boat to cross the border. It is a long journey that will take them away from home in order to meet their mother, who is waiting for them on the other side of the river.
A story that can be read from different layers, allowing the reader, whether a child or an adult, to fill in the silences and multiple meanings.

Key points

• A difficult subject tackled in a moving way without underestimating the reader’s point of view.
• A gripping text from the pen of one of the most outstanding Uruguayan writers of his generation.
• Attractive and beautiful watercolour illustrations.

Horacio Cavallo

2021 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 100 Recommended Books
2021 – Banco del Libro de Venezuela, Best Books for Children and Young People Award
2020 – Argentina’s National Reading Plan
2019 – National Literature Awards (Uruguay), Children’s and Young People’s Literature

María Elina Méndez

2024 – Selected for International Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2023 – Cuatrogatos Foundation Award
2020-2021 – Destacados de ALIJA Award
2018 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 100 Recommended Books