The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
Published on 5. April 2018
256 pages
978-1-4714-0756-7 (ISBN)
Description
'A simply told, bitter-sweet story, with a powerful poetic message' - Jacqueline Wilson
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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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Part One: Seventy Metres
- Chapter 1: The Dark
- Chapter 2: Things I Care a Lot About (That I Won't Be Able to Do Any More)
- Chapter 3: The Amazon Game
- Part Two: Sixty Metres
- Chapter 4: The Bit in the Middle of the Eye
- Chapter 5: Having a Best Friend
- Chapter 6: He Wears Them, Too
- Chapter 7: Playing Football With the Boys
- Part Three: Fifty Metres
- Chapter 8: Not Being Alone
- Chapter 9: Playing My Pavement Game Where If You Fall Off the Lines, You End Up in the Lava and Die
- Chapter 10: When Does the Struggle End?
- Chapter 11: I Know!
- Part Four: Forty Metres
- Chapter 12: See What My Face Is Like When I'm Grown-Up
- Chapter 13: Eat Black Olives, Sing in a Band
- Chapter 14: Making Goodnight Light Signals at the Window, Counting the Stars in the Sky at Night
- Chapter 15: Loving Someone
- Part Five: Thirty Metres
- Chapter 16: She'll Find Me Anyway
- Chapter 17: Having a Paper Ball in the Basket Competition
- Chapter 18: No One Shot It
- Chapter 19: This Is Interesting
- Chapter 20: I Breathe
- Chapter 21: I Didn't Even Say Goodbye to Ottimo Turcaret
- Chapter 22: Climbing Up the School Cherry Tree
- Chapter 23: Be Strong Like an Amazon
- Chapter 24: Things I Care a Lot About
- Epilogue
- Paola Peretti
- Copyright
