Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Novel

Ba'nın Olağanüstü Kitabevi
BA’S EXTRAORDINARY BOOKSHOP

Melis Sena Yılmaz

Türkçe yayın editörü: Müren Beykan
Illustrator: Özge Alphan

There is nothing like getting lost in a good book!

Popular for her children’s novels, young author Melis Sena Yılmaz opens the doors of a colourful bookshop this time, inviting readers to a captivating adventure. She tells the growing up story of a child living in a bookshop built in an old mansion, being surrounded by love and books. This mysterious adventure full of unexpected discoveries and courage, bundles up its readers with its humorous style and with the magic of stories, reading, kindness, and being a family.

Overview

Ece lives with Barış, whom she calls “Ba” and accepts as her “father”. Ba, who transformed the family mansion into a bookshop and devoted himself to raising Ece safely, has strict rules. Ece is a happy child, enjoying her books and Grandma Mualla’s delicious cakes. However, her life turns upside down with the arrival of her half-aunt Zehra and her son Robin Can, whom she never met before, followed by Ba’s vanishing all of a sudden. When news about bank robberies is followed by bandit-like men appearing in the bookshop, ”the family” decides to take action…

AUTHOR

Melis Sena Yılmaz

Melis Sena Yılmaz was born in Bursa in 1997. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics in Istanbul. She wrote the script of a children’s play and her stories were published in various platforms. She was influenced by Karaköy and Şişhane districts of Istanbul, where she worked during her studentship years. The surreal world that came to her mind while walking through the streets of Beyoğlu transformed into a children’s novel titled Istanbul Below (Aşağİstanbul, […]
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