Sometimes, the friend you need is the one you never saw coming.Frank and Red are a mess.Frank is a grumpy old curmudgeon. A recluse whose only company is the 'ghost' of his dead wife, Marcie. He is estranged from his friends, his son, and the ever-changing world beyond his front gate.And then Red moves in next door.Red is six. A boy struggling to adjust to the separation of his mum and dad, a new school, and the demonic school bully. Red is curious, smart, he never stops talking, and he's got a trampoline.From the moment Red's blonde mop appears over the top of the fence that divides their two gardens, the unlikeliest of friendships is born.. . . And it is a friendship that will change both of their lives forever.

Una amistad improbable surge en esta novela entre Frank, viudo, gruñón y cascarrabias, y Red, un niño de 6 años que está sufriendo la reciente separación de sus padres y que se acaba de mudar a la casa de al lado. Esta novela, escrita con una apreciable calidez, nos permite viajar por los sentimientos que rigen a estos dos personajes, tales como la soledad, la tristeza, la inocencia, la gratitud… emociones de dos desconocidos que nos harán pasar de la risa al llanto, y viceversa. Nos recordará lo bonito que es actuar como una buena persona desinteresadamente y rebosar de bondad inocente.

Esther Villanueva, área Narrativa en otros idiomas en Alibri