Description
Maya and Her Friends
A story about tolerance and acceptance to support the children of Ukraine
Larysa Denysenko and Masha Foya
(Bonnier)- hardback
All publisher profits donated to charities helping to protect the children of Ukraine
Maya and Her Friends
£12.99
Maya and Her Friends is Maya’s introduction to Miss Yulia’s class. There seventeen pupils in this Year 5 class. It seems they have the same needs alongside different hopes and dreams. However, each of them longs for the Russian war in their country, Ukraine, to end.
Alongside three Sophiyas, one of whom is a twin and Maya’s best friend, there’s Danylko, whom she loves, and Aksana whose mother died. The class planted Aksana’s mother’s favourite flower, yellow hollyhocks, that they might remember Aksana’s mother. Then there’s Krystyna whose parents work abroad from Ukraine, so that she lives with her grandmother and Kyrylo with his ‘amazing mentor‘. Then there are the cousins, Nastya and Nazar and Tymko whose parents alternate over his living arrangements.
We love and recognise every one of the descriptions. What’s more, we recognise these children, for they live lives like ours and have the same ups and downs, uncertainties, sadnesses and joys. However, they are amidst a war.
Bonnier Books has donated all profits from the sale of this title to charities ‘helping to protect the children of Ukraine’. However, this book is so much more than a ‘charity’ book. Bookwagon asserts that it’s a statement about each of us, humanity and our connection. What’s more, it is a beautiful, proud creation that merits a place on bookshelves across the United Kingdom. We recommend Maya and her Friends unequivocally.
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