A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 1/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 3/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.
Description
Paris, 1885- Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she is stricken by a mysterious illness. When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she discovers it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive.