How To Roller-Skate with One Leg
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- ISBN 9781408373859
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2025
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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"A book to race through, heart thudding, cheering Maya's courage - a book to keep forever because it's so subtle, so surprising, so very special." JACQUELINE WILSON
"An inspiring and uplifting story that celebrates friendship, family and overcoming challenges." The Week Jr
When Maya finds a list she made before losing her leg, she decides she's still going to do everything on it - even though her former bestie has ditched her for the cool kids.
Before she turns 13, she's going to . . .
* Get her ears double-pierced
* Learn how to roller-skate
* Stay up all night at a sleepover
* Go viral
* Have the best birthday party ever
* MAKE HER EX-BEST-FRIEND SOPHIE REALISE WHAT SHE'S MISSING!!!
This funny and uplifting story by journalist and amputee Ella Dove is a celebration of friendship, family and overcoming adversity.
Ella Dove's life changed forever when a freak accident meant that she had to have her leg amputated. An inspirational speaker, journalist, novelist and amputee, Ella is a natural storyteller with an effortlessly engaging appeal.
Ella is currently Features Editor at Woman and Home and Woman's Weekly magazines. Prior to that, she was deputy features editor on Good Housekeeping, Red and Prima magazines and also compiled and edited Red's book section. She has interviewed everyone from Idris Elba to Fearne Cotton and Jacqueline Wilson. Ella was a judge for the 2023 Nero Book Prize. Ella is a member of The Speakers Collective and a trustee for the Limbless Association.
