Siblings Stina and Jonni are expecting a visit from their friend Skafti. But as soon as he steps onto the plane that is supposed to be taking him to the city, a mysterious chain of events is set in motion, and the kids will have to do everything they can to save themselves – and indeed the whole world – from imminent disaster. A breath-takingly exciting
book with lively and colourful illustrations.
• Nominated for the Icelandic Bookseller’s Prize as the best children’s book of 2005
N (b.1954) has written and illustrated high on fifty children’s books. She was the first author to receive the IBBY Iceland Prize Sogusteinn for her literary career in 2007, having received up to that point several awards and recognition for her work, among others More about the author