Maju, Change that Long Face!

We are in the school playground and luckily Joaquín, who is my best friend (apart from Julia and Gero, who we didn’t like each other before but now we do), defended the goal and did a lot of dives, which I like because it means that he is really focused on the game.
Sometimes Joaquín gets distracted with his inventions and, as I have to remind him by making an angry face, he is not giving everything he could on the pitch.

Maju is grumpy and long-faced. She talks back to everyone, even her dearest friends and family. Of course, this attitude gets her into a lot of trouble.
This story shows us that we all have the right to be sad, but not to take it out on others. Besides, sometimes we are so focused on ourselves that we overlook those people who are unconditional, and who are always there to support us and help us to move forward.

Key points

• Best-selling author, more than 100,000 copies of her works sold.

Cecilia Curbelo

2019, 2017, 2014 – Woman of the Year Award in Literature, Uruguay
2018 – Florencio Award for Best National Author Screenplay
2016 – Woman of the Year Award for World Peace
2015-2012 – Won four years in a row the Golden Book Award for Best-selling Book from Uruguayan Book Chamber
2012 – Bartolomé Hidalgo Revelation Award

Javier Joaquín

2022, 2016 – Cuatrogatos Foundation, 100 Recommended Books
2022 – Destacados de ALIJA Award, Editorial rescue
2022 – Mention in National Literature Awards (Uruguay), Children’s and Young Adult’s Literature
2011 – 300 iberoamerican books