Mojenka – Stehlíková Olga (2022)

When you are ten and the world turns upside down... Magdaléna loves the forest, moss, ferns, various shades of green, animal tracks, and antlers. She hates her impossible name, the breeding club that 'imprisons' animals, and the natural history teacher, because her above-average interest in certain areas of natural history is seen as provocation. And above all, she hates parasites, galls on tree leaves, and crayfish. Why? Because her mother is sick. A powerful story of a girl who must cope with a situation where illness disrupts the close family circle and shakes apparent certainties like an earthquake. Thanks to warm humor and strong relationships among her closest ones, even Moječka's many 'calf-like' ideas can be smoothed out. Olga Stehlíková has a knack for precisely measuring emotions; her story firmly captures its readers, engages them emotionally, but does not manipulate. Moreover, it is so packed with interesting facts from the realm of animals, plants, and trees that you will long to leaf through encyclopedias and wander through the forest with your eyes wide open.