The Mysterious Flower Snatcher

2011

Illustrator
Genre
fiction
 
storybook
Original
Publisher
Keropää
ISBN
9789949300747
Year
2011
Pages
142
Age
9+

Synopsis

Rights sold: Finnish, Latvian

This time, the action is taking place on several fronts. Mari starts football practice, where she is the goalkeeper for team of boys. While traveling to matches to another towns, she helps to uncover who has stolen one hundred euros from her teammate. Mari has to cope with the fact that she is the only girl in the team, and the the assistant coach isn't exactly the nicest man around. Additionally, there is an air of distrust amongst the team after the theft. However, the heaviest question weighing on the girl's heart is which beloved hobby should she continue to pursue – ballet or football?

The Finnish presidential couple is coming to visit Supilinn and they have their daugher Tiina with them. Meanwhile, flowers have started to disappear from the town's flowerbeds in the run-up to the festivities. The society members help their gardener friends to solve the mystery, snack on carrots together with the President's daughter, and go for a ride in the presidential bodyguards' amazing car.

The first book in Keränen’s The Souptown Secret Society series was The Stolen Orange Bicycle (2008). The Mysterious Flower Snatcher is the forth.

Translations

Noslēpumainais puķu čiepējs

Latvian

Keränen, Plats, Villere, 2015 , 176 lk

Salaperäinen kukkavoro

Finnish

Keränen, Plats, Lahikainen, 2020 , 168 lk

Awards

2012 Nukits Competition, 2nd place (The Hidden Silver Treasure Chest, The Old Pink House, The Mysterious Flower Snatcher)
2011 Good Children’s Book