The spider and the key

A gripping story full of unexpected twists and turns, by Anna Woltz

Thirteen-year-old Elena is on the run. No one else wants to have her, so she has to stay with her aunt’s new family for a month. When she’s there, she meets 14-year-old Atlas, who’s preparing for the end of the world. They both have good reasons for ignoring the outside world. But how long can you go on running for?

The Spider and the key

• Published September 2023 | Hardback | 13,5 x 21,5 cm | 192 pag.

• about important current issues as climate change and online shaming

• packet with beautiful sentences, humour and sharp dialogue

• the author has won many awards for her books, including the Gouden Griffel and a number of Zilveren Griffels, and has been nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis several times

• Rights sold: German, Swedish and Korean

• Rights under option: World-English, French, Italian, Complex Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian and Slovenian