Tigre has many dreams: To become a professional football player, to date the girl he loves, to make his grandmother proud, to... But... Is a child from the favela entitled to dream? What can he hope for when he lives in a world dominated by poverty, prejudice, and violence? By Tigre's side, apart from his grandmother, is an elderly goalkeeper who is hated throughout the country. The road to freedom and adulthood is strewn with obstacles until the end. In the distance, however, the light may faintly appear. The new, exceptional novel by Giorgos Panagiotakis takes us to a fictional favela in Rio, Brazil, where children play football, fall in love, and interact with poverty and the underworld in a tangled web. -Filippos Mandilaras Based on a true story.