By Lola Larra and Vicente Reinamontes

• Ekaré Sur, 2014
• 285 pages

CHILE | YA | GRAPHIC NOVEL | SUSPENCE | ROMANCE

During the 2006 “Penguin Revolution” in Chile, thousands of students across the country staged school occupations. South of Alameda follows the story of Nicolás, a high school football player who is uncharacteristically drawn into the protests, influenced by his feelings for a certain new girl…

Watching the goings-on at the school is an unnamed stranger from the house next door.

Told in a mixture of graphic novel and diary-style prose, South of Alameda has been translated into several languages and has won multiple awards, including the IBBY Chile Medalla Colibrí, 2015 and the Andersen Award, Italy, 2019.