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Next Thursday, November 3, at 11:00 a.m., Roberto Santiago, the best-selling national author in the Children's and Youth Literature category, will meet with his little readers in Madrid.

Schoolchildren will discover first-hand the secrets of the latest novel Los Futbolísimos and the mystery of the World Cup in Africa, the second interactive book in this successful children's saga, published by SM.

Madrid, October 28, 2022.- More than 1,300 children will meet next Thursday, November 3 at the Caja Mágica stadium to receive the best-selling children's writer Roberto Santiago. The Futbolísimos jump onto the pitch to warm up their engines and prepare to play in the Children's World Cup.

The super-encounter will bring together schoolchildren from Madrid who will be able to discover first-hand the secrets of the author's latest novel: Enlace, title number 22 of this successful SM children's collection with more than four million copies sold in Spain and translated into more than 12 languages .

Live football and literature

There, together with Roberto Santiago, they will solve enigmas and learn about the writer's creative processes, among other surprises. Like, for example, the demonstration by Paloma Pujol, professional freestyler and footbag world champion, a discipline that consists of touching a ball filled with seeds or sand with your feet without letting it fall to the ground. Pujol played the character of the Moratalaz panther in the musical Los Futbolísimos, with great success on tour throughout the national territory.

The author of the renowned children's saga has turned nine boys and girls who play soccer and solve mysteries into a literary phenomenon with millions of followers around the world. His latest book testifies to this, since it has been written by Santiago with the help of his readers. This is his second interactive novel, in which the children have decided week after week what happened in each chapter through their votes in the AS newspaper.

"The Futbolísimos" super-encounter with Roberto Santiago

Day: Thursday, November 3, 2022

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: Magic Box (Camino. de Perales, 23, Madrid)

Participants: Roberto Santiago and 1300 children

The author

Roberto Santiago (Madrid, 1968) is currently the best-selling national author in the category of Children's and Youth Literature, thanks to adventure collections such as Los Futbolísimos and Los Forasteros del Tiempo, by SM, which have five million copies sold in Spain.

He is also the author of novels for adults; among them, Ana, which he adapted for television in Ana Tramel, with Maribel Verdú as the protagonist. In addition to being a screenwriter for television, theater and cinema, he is a director. As a football fan, he has poured his childhood dreams into this sport in his films Iván's Dream or The World's Longest Penalty.

As a playwright, he has adapted The Other Side of the Bed and Eight Basque Surnames, as well as the original texts Share 38 (Enrique Llovet award), Naked (second prize at the SGAE Awards), Women's Happiness, Topos, Lady Chatterley's mole, The prodigious bar and Adolescer 2055, which SM has published as a youth booklet.

book sheet

The Futbolísimos 22. The mystery of the World Cup in Africa.

Author: Roberto Santiago

Illustrator: Carles Lluch

Price: €12.95 Pages: 340 pages

Age: From 10 years

Synopsis: The Futbolísimos are already in Africa, ready to fight for the title of champions against the best in the world. What they do not expect is that a visit to the boys and girls of Ciudad Esperanza will change everything, including the Soto Alto team itself, which will never be the same.

This book is the 22nd volume of the successful SM children's collection and includes illustrations and chapters in comic format. This is the second interactive novel by Roberto Santiago in the saga, which has been written with the help of its readers, who have voted week after week how they wanted the story to unfold through the AS newspaper.

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