The Perfect Gift

What do you do when your best friend lives in another town and the grown-ups don’t make the necessary arrangements so you can see each other during the holidays? You organise something yourself of course!

In this sixth instalment of the Dunne series, we begin in half-term. and Dunne’s dad goes to Rome without her. Dunne wants to go to Norrköping where her best friend Ella Frida now lives, but nobody seems to get it. Instead she has to go to Granny and Grandpa’s where she starts the week skiing all by herself. Just as she sets off on her skis, she remembers something: it’s Ella Frida’s birthday and she has to buy her a present. Dunne knows the perfect gift and rushes back to the house. “Can anyone drive me to Norrköping?” she gasps. Nobody can, but when her grandmother hears about the present Dunne has planned, she weakens. “Would you be happy to go by yourself?” she asks. “And will Ella Frida’s mum pick you up from the station in Norrköping?”. “Of course”, she replies. And Dunne sets out on a journey all on her own.

The books in the Dunne series have been translated into twenty-seven languages, sold over 1,4 million copies world-wide and received numerous awards. The first book in the series, My Happy Life, was named one of The New York Times Most Notable Books in 2013 and was nominated for the Prix Sorcières 2014 as well as the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2012. This easy-to-read series deals with emotions in a way that children can understand and relate to and is perfectly complemented by the warm and endearing illustrations.

Rose Lagercrantz has written about forty books since her debut in 1973. Her books have been awarded with the Astrid Lindgren Prize, The August Prize, Heffaklumpen and The Nils Holgersson plaque.

Eva Eriksson is one of the best-loved illustrators in Sweden, whose awards include the Astrid Lindgren prize and the August Prize. Eva Eriksson has illustrated children’s books for over 30 years, and she has also made her own children’s books and animated film.

Madelene Hovstadius

Literary Agent | Fiction & Non-Fiction, Childrens' & YA

madelene.hovstadius@bonnierrights.se

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