by María Gripe · Cruilla · tapa dura · ISBN 9788476291399
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«La filla de l'espantall» is the realistic children's novel by María Gripe, published by Cruilla in hardcover (210 pages, in Catalan).
Loel·la, twelve years old, lives with her two younger siblings in a forest cabin while her mother works in America. In front of the house she has planted a scarecrow. When her mother writes to them to spend the winter in the city, Loel·la must move into a children's home, where she feels lonely and fantasizes that her father, whom she has never met, will come to find her.
It was originally published in Swedish in 1963 under the title Pappa Pellerins dotter. It belongs to the El vaixell de vapor collection.
Recommended for children's and young adult readers aged 12 and up.
Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books. For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974.
