Morten, Emilie, and the Lost Worlds

2020

Writer
Illustrator
Genre
fiction
 
storybook
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
PĂ€ike ja Pilv
ISBN
9789949737642
Year
2020
Pages
181
Age
12+

Synopsis

Rights sold: Latvian, Hungarian, Polish

After his grandparents’ death, Morten is forced to live with his abusive alcoholic uncle in a lone cabin on the edge of a swamp. His mother is working abroad, trying to earn enough money for a down payment on an apartment. The boy has never met his father. Escaping to a nearby bog island to practice nature photography is Morten’s only chance for coping. On one of these trips, he meets a strange girl he’s never seen before in town. Emilie is pale, speaks in an unusual way, and appears to be totally unfamiliar with many regular things. Although Morten enjoys Emilie’s company and finds her easy to talk with, he still has a nagging desire to uncover the mysterious girl’s true identity.

Translations

Mortens, Emīlija un zuduƥās pasaules

Latvian

Reinaus, Plats, Grīnberga, 2021 , 176 lk

Morten és az eltƱnt vilågok

Hungarian

Reinaus, RĂĄcz, 2023 , 140 lk

Morten, Emilia i zaginione ƛwiaty

Polish

Reinaus, Plats, Michalczuk-Podlecki, 2024 , 192 lk

Reading Sample

Morten, Emilie and the Lost Words (ENG)

Awards

2020 Good Young Adult Book
2020 Nominee of the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia