The Boy Who Wanted to Escape

2016

Writer
Illustrator
Genre
storybook
 
fiction
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Tänapäev
ISBN
9789949279173
Year
2016
Pages
116
Age
9+

Synopsis

Mart just can't wait for his Birthday. "I'm sure this time I'll get a bike from my parents so we can do something extra fun together," he thinks. Alas, a few days before the Birthday his parents announce that they are leaving for a short trip to Egypt, just the two of them and Mart is to stay with his grandparents during that time. Weighed down by the thoughts of betrayal, the boy decides to run away. Nevertheless, while planning his escape his thoughts go to a new boy next door who doesn't have any other friends besides Mart. He can't just leave him, can he?

Awards

2016 Nominee of the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2015 Children’s Story Competition “My First Book”, 2nd place