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"Papelucho" is a series of twelve books written by Ester Huneeus, a Chilean author, under the pseudonym Marcela Paz. It presents itself as the diary of a middle class, 8-year old Chilean boy in Santiago. This makes it different from many other children's books, which are set in unreal surroundings. The first book was published in 1947 and the last appeared in 1974: "Am I Dix-lazy?".

* ''Papelucho (1947)''.
* ''Papelucho Casi Huérfano (1951) (Papelucho the almost orphan)''.
* ''Papelucho Historiador (1955) (Papelucho historian)''.
* ''Papelucho Detective (1957) (Papelucho detective)''.
* ''Papelucho en la Clínica (1958) (Papelucho at the hospital)''.
* ''Papelucho Perdido (1960) (Papelucho lost)''.
* ''Mi Hermana Ji, por Papelucho (1964) (My sister Ji, by Papelucho)''.
* ''Papelucho Misionero (1966) (Papelucho missionary)''.
* ''Papelucho y el Marciano (1968) (Papelucho and the Martian)''.
* ''Mi Hermano Hippie (My hippie brother, by Papelucho)''.
* ''Papelucho en Vacaciones (1971) (Papelucho on Vacation)''.
* ''Papelucho ¿Soy Dix Leso? (1974) (Papelucho Am I dyslexic?, translated as Papelucho Am I dys-lazy?)''.

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!!!This book series provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Papelucho's parents are good people, but they don't do a lot to help him.
** ParentsAsPeople
* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: In ''Papelucho on vacation'', the kid domesticates a snake. [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent A SNAKE!]] And a Puma, a.k.a. a mountain lion.
** In ''Papelucho missionary'' he befriends a colony of gorillas and even adopts a gorilla kid as his personal secretary. He names him "Juanito", a.k.a. "Little John."
* AloofBigBrother: Javier, hinted to be much older than Papelucho. [[spoiler: Confirmed in ''Mi Hermana Ji'' (he's about to enlist in the Navy) and ''Mi hermano hippie'' (he's a young adult now... [[FelonyMisdemeanor and a hippie]].]]
* AnAesop: Thankfully averted. Even though the books were written for children, they never try to moralize or anything like that.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Jimena aka Ji.
* ComicBookTime: ... for HOW many years has Papelucho been just 8 years old? Made even funnier by how Jimena grows from a baby to a kindergarten child and Javier goes from a teenager to a young adult.
* CloudCuckooLander: Papelucho's peculiar thought process allows him to do a lot of awesome things that grown-ups can't. According to him, the only reason they can't is because "they are always in a hurry."
* CharacterTitle
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase
* DarkestAfrica: This is how Papelucho ''imagines'' Africa in ''Papelucho missionary'' and feels cheated once he discovers it's a normal place.
* {{Diary}}: The way all the books are presented.
* EpisodeFinishesTheTitle
* FreeRangeChildren: Papelucho's adventures tend to take him VERY far away from his home, but his parents either don't notice or they don't take him seriously.
** Save for ''Papelucho Detective'': the first part happens in [[WrongSideofTheTracks the local slums]], and when he returns home he says that even ''Javier'' was pissed off.
* KidDetective: Tries to be one on ''Papelucho detective''.
* InterGenerationalFriendship: In ''Papelucho en la Clìnica'', Papelucho befriends a crazy old man who pretty much lives in the hospital where Jimena was born since he has no family. [[spoiler: Said old man turns out to be a millinaire, and once he dies he leaves all of his money to Papelucho and his family.]]
** Papelucho also befriends the old man's nurse, the local HospitalHottie who doubles as a stripper.
** And [[spoiler: in the backstory, the old man ''was'' the young kid in a BadassAndChildDuo with an JerkWithAHeartOfGold miner, whom he considered his BigBrotherMentor. He also believes Papelucho to be said BBM's grandson, though it's not confirmed.]]
* IllBoy: The plot of ''Papelucho en la Clìnica'' is kickstarted when Papelucho befriends Casimiro, a LonelyRichKid who's about to be operated on. They switch places for a prank, then Papelucho is operated instead by mistake and Casimiro goes home to tell his dad about it. [[spoiler: And halfway through the book, Casimiro has a relapse in his illness and is operated for real.]]
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The premise of the books. Technically it's a spoiler of the first book, so...
* TheMissionary: ''[[CaptainObvious Papelucho missionary]]''.
* TheMovie: ''Papelucho y el marciano''. As the title implies, it's more or less based on the eponymous book, but it takes ''a lot'' of liberties.
* MrFixit: Papelucho sees himself as one. Too bad nobody gets him.
* MrImagination: 
* NewAgeRetroHippie: [[spoiler: The grown up Javier, much for his parent's dismay.]]
* NotAllowedToGrowUp
* NotNowKid: Papelucho's parents could have avoided a LOT of problems if they listened to him from time on time. (Among other things, they are frequent victims of con artists.)
* OneGenderSchool: Papelucho and Javier attend an all-boys BoardingSchool in the first book.
* ParentalAbandonment: ''Papelucho the almost orphan''. Technically, his parents just go to the US for a while, but he believes they have ditched him.
* PatrioticFervor: ''Papelucho historian'', which is about him learning the history of America and specially Chile.
* PunBasedTitle: ''Papelucho ¿Soy Dix Leso?''. You can see it doesn't work too good in English.
* TheRedPlanet: ''Papelucho and the Martian'', obviously. However, it's ''way'' too different of what you imagine when you think of Mars.
* SecretDiary
* SliceOfLife
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Seriously? Papelucho?
** It's speculated that Papelucho is supposed to be "Pepe Lucho" - a diminutive of "Jose Luis", a composite name that's very common in Spanish-speaking countries.
*** WordOfGod confirms it was [[{{Tuckerization}} named after a friend]] called Pepe Lucho.

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** Save for ''Papelucho Detective'': the first part happens in [[WrongSideofTheTracks the local slums]], and when he returns home he says that even ''Javier'' was pissed off.
* KidDetective: Tries to be one on ''Papelucho detective''.
* InterGenerationalFriendship: In ''Papelucho en la Clìnica'', Papelucho befriends a crazy old man who pretty much lives in the hospital where Jimena was born since he has no family. [[spoiler: Said old man turns out to be a millinaire, and once he dies he leaves all of his money to Papelucho and his family.]]
** Papelucho also befriends the old man's nurse, the local HospitalHottie who doubles as a stripper.
** And [[spoiler: in the backstory, the old man ''was'' the young kid in a BadassAndChildDuo with an JerkWithAHeartOfGold miner, whom he considered his BigBrotherMentor. He also believes Papelucho to be said BBM's grandson, though it's not confirmed.]]
* IllBoy: The plot of ''Papelucho en la Clìnica'' is kickstarted when Papelucho befriends Casimiro, a young boy [[TheWhitePrince from a rich family]] who's about to be operated on. They switch places for a prank, then Papelucho is operated in his stead by mistake and Casimiro goes home to tell his dad about it. [[spoiler: And halfway through the book, Casimiro has a relapse in his illness and is operated for real.]]
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: The premise of the books. Technically it's an spoiler of the first book, so...

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