Melanie

Melanie is blind, but her grandfather has heard of a healer who can restore her sight. The healer lives beyond the Dark Forest, however, and to get there the old man will have to cross a bridge guarded by an evil troll.
After a week passes, and then another and another, Melanie knows something terrible must have happened to Grandfather. Despite her blindness, she bravely enters the Dark Forest in search of him.
Melanie is an original tale cast in a classic mold, with a courageous heroine who will claim the hearts of readers.