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Meet Zez Brazil's naughtiest and most lovable boy, his talent for mischief is matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a "poet with a bowtie," but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his family's poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood... Read Full Overview

Fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro.