Mystery in La Tirana

The children gathered apart from the adults and discussed what had happened. The first to speak was Diego:
—This is inexplicable. Even if the documents are sent tomorrow and everything is resolved, it is obvious that someone doesn’t want the deal to go through. Or, at least, they expect it to become more difficult and slower.
—And for what? —asked Pablo.
—It’s silly —Cosima continued—. They all want the blessed business to work out, of course earning as much as possible, but doing it anyway. They’ve been talking about it for months.
—We’d have to see who would benefit from it being slower and more difficult —insisted Diego—. Probably the one who’s more cold-blooded.

Cósima the girl that Diego and Pablo met at the camp during last September’s vacation, invites both of them to a spectacular trip to northern Chile to see the magical desert and the traditional festival of La Tirana. But that trip is overshadowed by the disappearance of important documents.

Key points

• Through believable and agile dialogues, children will use logical and deductive thinking to develop the hypotheses that will lead them to unveil each mystery.

Beatriz García-Huidobro

1997 – Finalist in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award, FIL Guadalajara