Duna (Diary of a Summer)

At twelve years old, Duna is given a mission by her teacher: to write down everything that happens to her before starting high school. And so her diary is born—the confidant that will accompany her through her most unexpected days.
Her mother leaves her and her two sisters in the care of their grandfather in a white and blue village by the sea. Everything points to the most boring summer of her life… until everything changes.
Between a rowdy group of friends, the secrets her grandfather hides, and the appearance of a fascinating boy she meets among the trees in the forest, her stay transforms into an unforgettable adventure. A summer where each day brings a new discovery, and where Duna, almost without realizing it, begins to grow up.
Beneath the apparent simplicity of her diary, this story captures the whirlwind of emotions that overwhelms us when leaving childhood behind. With beautiful, natural, and fluid prose, Duna tells us about first love, her first period, her first confrontation with her mother, and the discovery of adults’ fragility.

Key points

• Finalist for the 2016 Premi Llibreter for Best YA Fiction, awarded by the Guild of Booksellers of Catalonia.
• Selected as one of the Best Children’s Books of 2015 by the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Council of Catalonia (CLIJCAT).
• 13th edition of a bestseller with over 20,000 copies sold, selected for school reading programs.
• Represented Spain at the 2016 Children’s and YA Literature Fair in Rio de Janeiro.
• An ideal book for connecting with the emotions awakened at the onset of adolescence.