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"""Un coctel poderoso hecho con la mezcla de dosis exactas de Jos� Donoso y Dan Brown-- es el triunfo de esta novela dolorosa y tierna, dulce y perversa, entretenida y profunda, que adem�s resulta ambiciosa y certera"" Iv�n Thays, El Vocero �Por qu� alguien, en vez de huir del fuego, lo que ser�a natural, corre a su encuentro? La joven Sof�a, con una inteligencia matem�tica notable, perteneciente a la burgues�a de Puerto Rico, habita una hermosa mansi�n azul y es nieta de un hombre muy poderoso. Sin embargo, todo es una fachada. La casa ha sido tomada por la enfermedad de su madre, Pandora, quien sufre del S�ndrome de Di�genes y ha convertido la mansi�n en un basurero lleno de cucarachas y mal olor. Su abuelo se torna cada vez m�s siniestro, su padre Alberto vive encerrado en la burbuja de ""no me meto con nadie"" y su adorada abuela Marta, se acaba de suicidar. Si Sof�a quiere torcer su destino, debe realizar un acto arriesgado, in�dito y es lo que hace: huye de su casa y empieza una historia que la acerca a ardientes e insospechadas verdades sobre su familia y su propia identidad. Para encontrar la verdad, Sof�a debe ingresar al centro mismo del incendio. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ""A powerful cocktail made with the mixture of exact doses of Jos� Donoso and Dan Brown--is the triumph of this painful and tender, sweet and perverse, entertaining and profound novel, which is also ambitious and accurate"" Iv�n Thays, El Vocero Why does someone, instead of fleeing from the fire, which would be natural, run to meet it? The young Sofia, with a remarkable mathematical intelligence, belonging to the bourgeoisie of Puerto Rico, lives in a beautiful blue mansion and is the granddaughter of a very powerful man. However, it's all a fa�ade. The house has been taken over by the illness of his mother, Pandora, who suffers from Diogenes Syndrome and has turned the mansion into a garbage dump full of cockroaches and bad smell. His grandfather becomes more and more sinister, his father Alberto lives locked in the bubble of ""I don't mess with anyone"" and his adored grandmother Marta has just committed suicide. If Sofia wants to twist her destiny, she must perform a risky, unprecedented act and that is what she does: she runs away from home and begins a story that brings her closer to burning and unsuspected truths about her family and her own identity. To find the truth, Sofia must enter the very center of the fire."

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Puertorrique�a nacida en Brooklyn, reside entre Puerto Rico y Espa�a. Estudi� comunicaciones y m�s tarde culmin� una maestr�a en Creaci�n Literaria de la Universidad del Sagrado Coraz�n en Puerto Rico. Tambi�n posee una maestr�a en Negocios de la Universidad de Miami. Curs� un M�ster en Narrativas de la Escuela de Escritores en Madrid. La v�spera del grito, su primera novela, gan� el segundo lugar a la mejor novela de drama en espa�ol de los International Latino Book Awards en 2017. Al encuentro del fuego es su primera incursi�n en la literatura juvenil. Helena Sampedro was born in Brooklyn and has lived in Puerto Rico since she was five years old. She studied communication and holds a master's in Literary Writing from the Universidad del Sagrado Coraz�n in Puerto Rico. She also holds a master's in business from the University of Miami. She has been an outstanding communications executive in Puerto Rico, as well as a businesswoman for over twenty years. La v�spera del grito (The Eve of the Scream) was her first published novel. Al encuentro del fuego (Encountering the Fire) is her first foray into YA literature.

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