Little Rose lives with an unusual father: he's a fisherman, but secretly writes poetry. One day, escaping from her troubled thoughts, Rose follows the one-eyed cat Gambito and discovers an entire secret land. The inhabitants of the Deep Realm are seriously preparing for war, seemingly over trivial matters—endangered languages. Before this, Rose had never considered that, along with dying languages, fairy tales, songs, and dreams also perish. Now she must decide whether she has the courage to stand firm in the battles on the streets of her hometown.

5 reasons to buy the book 'Winged Sandals':

• A true story from Maria Papagianni, the author of the bestseller 'The Lonely Tree', about a girl who faces adult problems, but, having put on invisible winged sandals, bravely overcomes them;

• A book that reminds us how important it is to stand up for the weak, remember our roots and believe in a worthy dream;

• A skillful interweaving of reality and fairy tale;

• A bold original plot with many references to world literature and poetry;

• Maria Papagianni twice Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize.

Author: Maria Papagianni