This article is based on the research “Political proposals in the nineteenth century Colombian novel” of Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bucaramanga, 2009. In particular, the purpose of this research is Rosario Tijeras written by the Colombian author Jorge Franco Ramos, who took inspiration from the female role for telling us about a reality of his hometown Medellin.   This harsh reality, which is similar to that experienced by many Colombian young people, makes this novel significant to be used as the main element of a new educational tool which aims to bring this kind of readings into the classroom and see how these kinds of texts generate new reading habits in the students.