Believe

De: Julie Mathison

Narrado por: Julie Mathison

Winner: 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Best Middle Reader

Winner: 2021 First Horizon Award for debut books

Winner: 2022 Best Book Award for Children's Fiction, American Book Fest

Melanie knows she's special. She understands the secret language of old houses and can make jewels out of broken glass. Her imagination can do anything - except make friends. But then, she meets Sabrina, who looks like a TV star and acts like a spy, and who doesn't care what anyone thinks. She teaches Melanie how to believe in herself, and soon Melanie starts living her dreams. She even lands the lead in Peter Pan!

If only she could share it all with Mom. Sabrina thinks they can track her down, and Melanie wants to believe, but sometimes it's easier to pretend. Her new life feels like a house of cards, until one day it all comes crashing down and she finds herself with no choice but to face the truth... and let go.

©2020 Julie Mathison (P)2024 Julie Mathison

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Believe had control of me, keeping me wondering, wanting, and waiting for a conclusion I thought I might have figured out. Nope, I was wrong, but no spoilers here. You need to read Believe to find out how everything and everyone plays out. The story is perfect for boys and girls." — Kids Lit Review, starred review

"A riveting story of loss and friendship. Mathison's characters, young and old, are so well realized that they live on in the reader's mind long after the book is closed." — Margaret J. Anderson, author of Searching for Shona

The way she saw herself, to the way she was.

Melanie had an idea of who she was and that was an ordinary weird person without a mother but this book shows the real person Melanie is. Melanie is a strong girl who sees the world in different amazing perspectives and reminds me of Anne from Anne of Green Gables by the way she looks at the world. She has thoughts that a normal girl her age wouldn’t think and has a feeling of imagination that follows and spreads to everyone everywhere she goes. Melanie stands out in her own extraordinary way, with friends or without, Peter Pan or not, Melanie knows how to believe.