Children's & YA
The Bird Master
A grand take of friendship, longing – and a kingdom of stories by an award-winning author.
by Karin Erlandsson
Description
There is a kingdom where the bottom of the ocean is covered with colourful pearls. There is one pearl that everyone wants–the eye gemstone. The story says that whoever finds it will never need to long for anything anymore, and generation after generation people have left their families to search for it, never returning.
Two girls set out for the hunt: Miranda who believes herself to be the most skilled pearl fisher of all, and small Syrsa who has a rare ability: she can hear the pearls singing, whispering, murmuring… Their page-turning adventure grows in the series of four books to epic proportions: to a grand tale of friendship and what truly matters in life.
The exciting, multi-layered story, located in skilfully constructed world with forests, mountains, fields and seas has been praised by readers and critics.
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Rights Information
Rights sold to Bugaria, Estonia, Faroe Islands.
Endorsements
The first book of the series, The Pearl Fisher, was awarded the prestigeous Runeberg Junior Prize and also shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literary Prize. Also the fourth and final novel of the series, The Victor, is a nominee for the Nordic Council Prize, as well as Erlandsson’s debut Mink Farm (2014).
Reviews
“Erlandsson masters the elements with virtuosity. Easily and naturally she lets the story billow onwards. It is full of descriptions of the mythical landscapes of the world. It is sharp and clear. It is compelling. […] Karin Erlandsson’s children’s novel has a broad and obvious appeal, it grows beyond the traditional adventure novel – it challenges the conventions, and at the same time she gimmicks with the genre extremely stylishly. This is a long-awaited start for the return to the children’s novel that follows the Finland-Swedish literary tradition in the very best way.”
– Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper
Author Biography
Karin Erlandsson (b. 1978) works as a journalist in Åland. In 2018, she was awarded with the prestigeous Runeberg Junior Prize for her first children’s novel, The Pearl Fisher, which was also shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literary Prize. Also the fourth and final novel of the series, The Victor, is a nominee for the Nordic Council Prize, as well as Erlandsson’s debut Mink Farm (2014) . She has written also two cozy crime novels–Misdeed (2016) and Enclosed (2018) and two works of nonfiction.
Helsinki Literary Agency
We are a modern literary agency based in the capital of Finland. HLA offers publishers the best selection of Finnish fiction and nonfiction authors, as well as a list of selected children's books – a beautiful variety of genres and styles. Founded in the beginning of 2017, the agency is a joint venture of four independent Finnish publishing houses: Gummerus, Schildts & Söderströms, Siltala and Teos. The agency represents a wide range of prominent, award winning authors writing both in Finnish and Swedish.
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- Publisher Schildts & Söderströms
- Publication Date October 2018
- Orginal LanguageSwedish
- Publication Country or regionFinland
- Pages310
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleFågeltämjaren
- SeriesThe Song of the Eye Gemstone
- Series Part2
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