The Karate Girl’s Red Notebook
Ana Pessoa & Bernardo P. Carvalho

- Original Title
- O Caderno Vermelho da Rapariga Karateca
- Published
- Planeta Tangerina, June 2012
- Genre
- Young adult
- Pages
- 143
- Rights Sold
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Tags
- Ana Pessoa, Bernardo P. Carvalho, O Caderno Vermelho da Rapariga Karateca, Planeta Tangerina
The Karate Girl’s Red Notebook
Ana Pessoa & Bernardo P. Carvalho
N is not a baby, she is a Karate girl. N is 14, almost 15, and her biggest dream is to become a black belt and to kiss Raul. N likes to write, but she prefers to fight with Raul. (Writing is a drag). This is not a diary. It has no lock, no secrets. But it has a will of its own. The karate girl’s red notebook is a pet, a character, a real person.
Ana Pessoa, born in Lisbon in 1982, began writing stories at the age of 10 and finished her studies in Modern Languages and Literatures (Portuguese and German Studies) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon. Since 2007, she lives in Brussels where she also works as a translator. Pessoa’s books, often illustrated by Bernardo P. Carvalho and Joana Estrela, have received several awards in Portugal as well as internationally.
Books by Ana Pessoa
The Wildebeest and the Badger
O gnu e o texugo
by Ana Pessoa & Madalena Matoso
All books, Picture books The Karate Girl’s Red Notebook
O Caderno Vermelho da Rapariga Karateca
by Ana Pessoa & Bernardo P. Carvalho
All books, Young adult Mary John
Mary John
by Ana Pessoa & Bernardo P. Carvalho
All books, Award winners, Fiction 12-15, Young adult Here Is a Good Place
Aqui é um bom lugar
by Ana Pessoa & Joana Estrela
All books, Award winners, Graphic novels, Young adult Gnu & Badger – It’s Raining
O gnu e o texugo - Está a chover
by Ana Pessoa & Madalena Matoso
All books, Picture books Diversion
Desvio
by Bernardo P. Carvalho & Ana Pessoa
All books, Award winners, Graphic novels, Young adult
- Press voices
- “The Karate Girl’s Red Notebook is a book about N, a girl – oops, not a girl, a Karate girl! – who buys a notebook and decides to write down her thoughts and observations in it. It pleases your brain, your heart and your eyes.” ISABELA NORONHA, GARATUJAS FANTÁSTICAS