Maria lives in the Canary Islands. She has a phenomenal memory, an infectious smile, a unique sense of humor, and autism. In the first part of the book, Maria is 12 years old and goes on summer vacation with her father. It recreates everyday situations that hundreds of families with an autistic child face because the world around them is ill-suited for such children. In the second part, Maria turns 20. She and her father still spend their summer holidays together, laughing a lot and making lists, but a lot has changed in the life of Maria as an adult.

In 2009, the comic book 'Maria and I' received the National Prize of the Government of Catalonia, in 2010 a full-length documentary was made based on it, and in 2018, a contact play based on it premiered at the Khabarovsk Youth Theater.

Author: Gallardo Maria, Gallardo Miguel
Publishing House: Boomkniga
Year: 2019
Number of pages: 128
Cover type: hardback
Translator: Churakova Ekaterina, Sokolova Maria
Illustrator: Gallardo Miguel
Country of origin: Spain
Age group: 10-12, 13-15, young adults, adults