El nido de los sueños / The Nest of Dreams
Books for children and young readers , 1991
Siruela
Pages: 168
A story about the other worlds that exist behind the world we know. Gabi is an imaginative girl, but she is unhappy with herself. She feels misunderstood by her parents, siblings, and schoolmates. Moreover, she feels unloved. Angry and furious, Gabi wishes everyone would disappear... But one must be very careful with wishes, because sometimes they come true and are terrible. Gabi's reality shatters, and suddenly she finds herself in another parallel world, in an extraordinary country where chairs speak, tennis balls can be fierce animals, and the rules of life are transformed. With fine humor, bubbling imagination, and narrative mastery, Rosa Montero makes her protagonist experience a series of dizzying adventures that will lead her back to her everyday reality, that is, to the starting point, but transformed into a wiser and happier Gabi.