A little boy and his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man`s missing birthday in Diana Rosie`s debut novel, Alberto`s Lost Birthday. Alberto is an old man. But he doesn`t know how old - he remembers nothing before his arrival at an orphanage during the Spanish civil war. He rarely thinks about his missing childhood, but when seven-year-old Tino discovers his grandfather has never had a birthday party, never blown out candles on a birthday cake, never received a single birthday present, he`s determined things should change. And so the two set out to find Alberto`s birthday. Their search for the old man`s memories takes them deep into the heart of Spain - a country that has pledged to forget its painful past. As stories of courage, cruelty and love unfold, Alberto realises that he has lost more than a birthday. He has lost a part of himself. But with his grandson`s help, he might just find it again.