Book description
Joel will soon be twelve, and he thinks nothing's going on in the
small community where he lives. But he's wrong there. One day, a
Miracle happens to him. He's very nearly run over by a bus, but is
miraculously unhurt. Now, what do you do when a Miracle has come your
way? Shouldn't you show gratitude somehow? Surely a good deed of some
sort is in order. But how?
A humorous, wise,and understanding portrait of a boy about to leave
childhood behind him, this is an independent sequel to the
award-winning and much-praised A Bridge to the Stars.
Henning Mankell was born 1948 in Stockholm and grew up in the Sweden.
At the beginning of the nineties he developed the first novel about an
inconspicuous Swedish policeman. The Inspector Wallander novels are now
a prize-winning series, consistently at the top of bestseller lists
throughout Europe. His novel
Sidetracked
won the CWA Gold Dagger in 2001. He has worked as an actor, theatre
director and manager in Sweden and in Mozambique, where he is head of
Teatro Avenida.
