Stolen by Ann-Helen Laestadius
**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER**�?~A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world�?T FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young SA�mi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are SA�mi �?" Scandinavia�?Ts indigenous people �?" and make their living herding reindeer. One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf, NA�stegallu. Elsa recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone �?" least of all the Swedish police force �?" about what she saw. Instead, she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart. Elsa comes of age fighting two wars: one within her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place; and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the SA�mi. When Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she�?Ts been carrying since childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche, and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic confrontation.; 400 pages; 02/11/2023
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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER**�?~A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world�?T FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young SA�mi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are SA�mi �?" Scandinavia�?Ts indigenous people �?" and make their living herding reindeer. One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf, NA�stegallu. Elsa recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone �?" least of all the Swedish police force �?" about what she saw. Instead, she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart. Elsa comes of age fighting two wars: one within her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place; and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the SA�mi. When Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she�?Ts been carrying since childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche, and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic confrontation.; 400 pages; 02/11/2023
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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM****THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE-BESTSELLER**�?~A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world�?T FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE___________________________________________The international sensation: the story of a young SA�mi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justiceNine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are SA�mi �?" Scandinavia�?Ts indigenous people �?" and make their living herding reindeer. One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf, NA�stegallu. Elsa recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone �?" least of all the Swedish police force �?" about what she saw. Instead, she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart. Elsa comes of age fighting two wars: one within her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place; and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the SA�mi. When Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she�?Ts been carrying since childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche, and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic confrontation.; 400 pages; 02/11/2023
