Sumarlidi and Soldis just moved into a strange house called Bus Number Seven with their dad. He claims that it used to drive around the city streets, but the children can hardly believe it. Dad says so many curious things about life in the old days, back when everyone had a phone and books still existed – long before Mom disappeared.
The Silver Key is a thrilling story about resourceful siblings, a mysterious girl searching for something of great importance, and a journey into the unknown.
• Nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2019
• The Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People’s Books 2018
• Nominated for Reykjavik Children’s Literature Prize 2019
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