Little Rose lives with an unusual dad: he is a fisherman, but secretly writes poetry. One day, running away from bad thoughts, Rose follows the one-eyed cat Gambito and discovers a whole secret country. The inhabitants of the Kingdom of the Depths are seriously preparing for war, supposedly because of mere trifles - disappearing languages. Before this, Rose had never thought that along with dying languages, fairy tales, songs, and dreams also die. Now she has to decide whether she has the courage to survive the battles on the streets of her hometown. 5 reasons to buy the book “Winged Sandals”: • A true tale from Maria Papayanni, author of the bestseller “The Lonely Tree,” about a girl who faces problems that are not childish. , but, putting on invisible winged sandals, boldly overcomes them;• A book that reminds you of the importance of standing up for the weak, remembering your roots and believing in a worthy dream;• Skillful interweaving of reality and fairy tales;• Bold original plot with many references to world literature and poetry;• Maria Papayanni has been nominated twice for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize.