The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
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By Paola Peretti, and and, Denise Muir
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‘A simply told, bitter-sweet story, with a powerful poetic message’ – Jacqueline Wilson
Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 and the IBBY Honour List 2020. A novel for all ages about a young girl losing her sight, inspired by the author’s own life story. For fans of Wonder, The Little Prince and The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Mafalda is a nine-year-old girl who knows one thing: some time in the next six months her sight will fail completely.
Can Mafalda find a way through a seemingly dark future and still go to school, play football and look after her beloved cat? With the help of her family, and her friends, Mafalda needs to discover the things that will be important to her when her sight has failed.
A moving, empowering tale of courage and determination that will inspire young and old.
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This is a great book.
It’s a story about Mafalda a nine-years old girl, who have an inherited eye disease. Soon after a few months Mafalda will go blind. She measures her vision as to how far she can see in these months: what distance can she see between her and the cherry tree.
It is a sad story but somehow it is very nice!
Can’t wait to read the next one when Mafalda is 13 years old!
Beautiful. Strange. Affecting.,
