A children’s novel written by SLAIS MACL student Laura Quintana Crelis has won an Honorable Mention in the Latin American Awards for Literature for Children and Youth (Premio Latinoamericano de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil 2012). The honourable mention, for her children’s novel, A Very Unusual (Un maestro muy raro), was given by the Peruvian Academy of Literature for Children and Youth (Academia Peruana de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil). Jurors made their decisions from books published in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.