The Legend of Sally Jones

WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE FOR BEST CHILDREN´S BOOK 2008!

Jakob Wegelius has been awarded the prestigious August prize 2008 for Best Children´s- and Juvenile Book of the year for The Legend of Sally Jones. The jury finds the story “Cruel and beautiful with a peculiar voice.” Sally Jones´ life is an adventure, a trip around the world in which she is confronted with both misery and wonderful friendship. Hop on the Big Adventure with Sally Jones!

This is a story about unhappy love and cruel betrayals. It is a story about valour on stormy seas and about cunning evil in feverishly hot jungles. It is a story about unsolved crimes in far away cities, shrouded in mist.

This is the Legend of Sally Jones.

A very special and wonderful book for everyone who is drawn to The Big Adventure!

Our hero is a gorilla whose parents get killed by hunters. To avoid paying duty on the orphaned gorilla her owner smuggles her out of the country dressed as a baby, with a passport issued for Sally Jones.

In Istanbul Sally is sold to a very nice lady. Or maybe she is nice in her own special way – she has shady plans for Sally!

This is only the beginning of Sally’s adventures and journeys. She goes to Leopoldville, Istanbul, Port Said, Malinau, Singapore, Shanghai, San Francisco …

Mathilde Coffy

Foreign Rights Director | Children's Books (On Study Leave)

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