Synopsis
The first instalment in Carlsen's new entertaining middle-grade series, about Rasmus who loves fantasy and never had a real friend. He has never really felt that he belonged anywhere, but that changes in a split second when Xander moves to town and becomes his class mate. For the first time in his life, Rasmus feels what it is like to have a real friend.
However, not long after the boys have met, strange things start to happen around them and when they go away on a school outing to the woods, the boys are attacked by a gruesome cat-like monster, which forces them into an overwhelming magic world, full of adventure, secrets and true evil.
The book was chosen as a World Book Day 2021 promotion by Carlsen and the trilogy has sold nearly 15000 copies.
Winner of the Orla Book Prize 2021 (the children's own literature prize).
Reviews
"A really exciting story." – (The Literature Page (Litteratursiden))
"Well-written and exciting - with a good splash of humour. An absolute must-have. Comes warmly recommended." – (Danish Library Association, official review)
