by Lygia Bojunga Nunes · Editorial Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420431222
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«La cuerda floja» is the young adult novel by Lygia Bojunga Nunes, published by Editorial Alfaguara in paperback (136 pages, in Spanish).
After being orphaned in a circus accident, a girl must adapt to a new life and face her fears. Among those who accompany her are a bearded woman and a fire-eater; with them she discovers friendship, learns to overcome loss, and seeks her own place. A story about resilience and the construction of identity.
Published in 1984 in the Alfaguara Juvenil collection, with translation by Miriam Lopes Moura and illustrations by Arcadio Lobato.
A reading for children and young adults that addresses loss and resilience with sensitivity.
Lygia Bojunga is a Brazilian writer of children's books under the name Lygia Bojunga Nunes. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards: for "lasting contribution to children's literature", she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1982. For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2004.
