A new title arrives from The Soccer. And it will do so with the help of readers. After 19 books in the saga, Roberto Santiago has decided to innovate this successful SM children's collection, which has more than three and a half million copies sold in Spain alone and has been translated into more than ten languages.
For this title, the number 20, The mystery of the golden mask, its author will write 20 chapters of the book with the direct help of his readers. It will thus become the first interactive soccer novel. The mechanics are very simple. Every Friday, the Diario AS website, in collaboration with Kimitec Y Maavi Foundation, will publish a chapter of the novel number 20 of The Soccer, starting next Friday, May 28, with a question about three possible alternatives for where readers want the story to continue. Participants will have 48 hours, from Friday at six in the afternoon and until Sunday at the same time, to vote which one they like best. Roberto Santiago will continue writing the novel according to the winning answer; in this way, it will be the readers themselves who guide the author until the end of the story.
The complete novel, published by SM, will hit all bookstores in November. And it will be accompanied by comics and illustrations that will make the plays live from the field.
“Il Bambinísimo“
Roberto Santiago's new novel begins with more emotion than ever. The Soccer they land in the city of canals: Venice. There the European Championship of Children's Soccer is played, also known as Il Bambinísimo, in which some of the most important European clubs participate, such as Juventus, Paris Saint Germain, Manchester United or Bayern … in its children's category. And the Soto Alto Soccer Club, current champion of Spain.
The poster of the tournament 'Il bambinísimo', from the novel 'The mystery of the golden mask'.
The championship takes place between the famous carnivals. The entire city dresses up, masks and costumes flood the streets. It is a unique event that no one wants to miss. In addition, whoever wins the championship will win a mythical trophy: The golden mask. An authentic Venetian mask sculpted in solid gold by the great artist Massimo Ferreti.
Will Los Futbolísimos win the best teams in Europe? Will they take home the gold mask? Will someone try to steal it? What will our protagonists dress up as? The answer to all those questions, and many more, is in the hands of the readers.
Humor and good values among children
For those who still do not know The Soccer, it is a collection of SM where the adventures of a gang that stands out for its humor and values, such as tolerance, teamwork, friendship and empathy and respect for others are told. These qualities are fundamental for its author, who points out that “When you write children's books, the most important thing is that they are hooked and that they have values, as they do The Soccer, who defend teamwork or equality ”.
Image of the cover of the novel 20 of Los Futbolísimos, 'The mystery of the golden mask'
This saga was born in 2013 and has become a national best seller. It has been exported to 17 countries and it has inspired a movie and a musical. Now, he is ahead of the rest and innovates with the first interactive football novel. And from AS you can be part of it!
Kimitec and MAAVi Foundation
Kimitec is a pioneer Spanish company in biotechnology applied to agriculture. Since its birth in 2007, develops radically innovative alternatives and natural solutions of equal efficacy to those obtained through chemical synthesis. Through its research center, MAAVi, Kimitec offers totally transgressive solutions that radically impact the current food production system, questioning and breaking it, by demonstrating that it is possible to maintain farmer productivity, preserve the environment and people's health. A model that reinvents nutrition and allows the production of healthier and higher quality food. No more toxic in food.
MAAVi Foundation is the Kimitec foundation that aims to improve the integration and cohesion of the closest community, and protect the youngest groups. It consists of a sports program championed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to promote the personal development and social integration of boys and girls using football as a vehicle of values such as effort, respect, discipline, team play and sportsmanship. Complemented by a second program, the social one, with which through education, healthy nutrition and labor insertion, it encourages the integration of the youngest at risk of exclusion to help the development of people who are upright, responsible, respectful and safe to have possibilities of a future full of opportunities.