The Stage is Mine

Scenen er min

Anas Hashim from Year 6 has gangster rap and apple juice on his mind and unrequited love in his heart. The Stage is Mine is the third book in a hugely popular graphic novels series, full of wit and warmth, which has taken Denmark by storm.

Babak Vakili (b. 1986) holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and has rapped for many years under the aliases Vakili and Bobby Shams. Today, he works as an author, screenwriter and podcast documentarian.



Mikkel Straarup Møller holds a Master's degree in Visual Communication from the Danish School of Design. He made his debut as an illustrator in 2014 and has designed over 40 children's books.

The Stage is Mine

Scenen er min

Anas Hashim from Year 6 has gangster rap and apple juice on his mind and unrequited love in his heart. The Stage is Mine is the third book in a hugely popular graphic novels series, full of wit and warmth, which has taken Denmark by storm.

Babak Vakili (b. 1986) holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and has rapped for many years under the aliases Vakili and Bobby Shams. Today, he works as an author, screenwriter and podcast documentarian.



Mikkel Straarup Møller holds a Master's degree in Visual Communication from the Danish School of Design. He made his debut as an illustrator in 2014 and has designed over 40 children's books.

Synopsis

Anas is ready to win when YOUNG MORDER enters a national rap competition.

But at school, his little brother Irridris is being bullied by his classmates, and at home his mortal enemy, Mouritz the cat, is making mini-Mouritzes in his stomach.

And when Anas realises that rapper, Jo-Jo, is also entering the competition with his mind's flow and hard-hitting beats, Anas suddenly begins to doubt himself. And as always, betrayal is just around the corner...

Will Anas succeed in proving, once and for all, that HE is Denmark's greatest psychopath gangster rapper?

The Stage is Mine is the third book in a series. There are currently four books published and two further books in the pipeline.

Take a look at the great extra-material that Danish publisher, Gutkind, has created here.

Reviews

"Anas Hashim has it all. A great plot, humour and complications, embarrassing situations and quirky personalities that you fall in love with. Anas Hashim is nothing short of a smash hit, and this third book is right up there with the previous books in the series." – (Danish Library Centre (Dansk Bibliotekscenter)

Personal note from the author

When I started writing at a very young age, I thought that if I wrote something, I had to rap it. So I've always done that, and I think that's why rhymes and rhythms almost always find their way into my writing.

I always listen to music when I write. Mostly jazz or just low key stuff, never vocals, it distracts me when I'm already working with words.

An exception might be Persian music, perhaps because my brain doesn't grasp the words in the same way as it would with Danish or English.

The Stage is Mine
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Original Language: Danish
Original Publisher: Gutkind
Published: August, 2024
208 pages
Category: Children's Books
Sub-category: Graphic Novels
Genre: Realism
Available material: English sample upon request

Territories Handled

World except: Danish