Classic storytelling at its best delightful & moving I loved it M G Leonard author of Beetle Boy Maria Parr's second novel is a hilarious & heart-warming story about family & friendship that will delight fans of Pippi Longstocking Astrid Glimmerdal loves to spend her days racing down the mountainside on her sledge & skis
- the faster the better! She just wishes there were other children to share in her adventures Instead she has to put up with a grumpy 74 year old for a best friend (although secretly she knows she wouldn't have it any other way) Astrid's world is about to be turned upside down however first by the arrival of a strange family & then a mystery woman Her best friend Gunnvald has been keeping a secret from her
- one that will test their friendship to its limits Everything is changing in Astrid's world & she's not happy about it Luckily she has a plan A feisty & irrepressible heroine Astrid is sure to charm readers in this modern classic in the making