That afternoon a teacher yelled: Gorillas on the roof! Karen didn't know if she should cry or run; she, too, did not know that her life was about to crumble like bread crumbs. Soon after, her parents announced that the family was moving. Whaaaat? Her hair stood on end. Leaving school, friends, grandparents and her beloved Guatemala was much worse than if ten apes had jumped on top of her. But, Karen's real tragedy begins when she arrives in another country that she can't even locate on the map, thousands of kilometers from her own, with a language that not even her father understands and, as if that were not enough, with new classmates who look at her. like a weirdo. She has two options: lock herself in her shell or get out of it and squeeze the lemons that life offers her. With spontaneous, sharp, funny and agile language, the protagonist tells us about her fortunes and misadventures to adapt to Israel and her violent environment, because, although it seems like a joke, they flee Guatemala due to violence and a country at war arrives. However, Karen will also discover the surprise of the first kiss, the power of friendship and how wonderful life can be, even if she is not always without pain. Gorillas on the roof, she immerses us with great talent and in a simple way in deep and sometimes complicated issues such as intolerance, violence, death, awakening to sexuality and the hope of a peaceful world where we all fit.