Esmeralda is the strongest girl in the world. But she wants to be an acrobat or a tightrope walker, not a circus strong-woman. She might be able to lift her parents high in the air but she'd prefer to be able to play with the-children-next-door who are scared of her size and strength. They shout at her and run away, not realising that she is really gentle and kind-hearted. Then one day, she rescues their baby sister and in the process loses her strength. Only the friendship of the-children-next-door can make her better. Described in the Observer as 'a book for children with nerve as well as imagination...a lovely, moving book about the sweetness of friendship and about bad times becoming good.'

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series. She has won several significant awards for her children's books, including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider. She lives in Wales with her husband, David. Pippa Goodhart is a full-time author and does numerous visits to schools. She lives in Leicester with her husband and three children. Paul Howard lives in Ireland and works as a full-time illustrator.