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Salla Simukka nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award!
We are really happy to share the news that our author Salla Simukka is nominated for upcoming 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – the world’s largest children’s and young people’s book award!
The prize, established in 2002, is worth SEK 5 million and is awarded annually to one or more individuals. The award criteria are, among other things, the high quality of the works and the production, which has been carried out in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren.
Finnish Section of IBBY, Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature and Finnish Library Association nominated Salla Simukka and Linda Bondestam to represent Finnish children’s literature in the competition for the prestigious award.
Congratulations, Salla!
Below you can see some of Salla Simukka’s excellent titles!
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NEW: TWO GIRLS, ONE SUMMER by Salla Simukka (Matalapaine/ Korkeapaine)The touching and beautiful title about great emotions in the summer is supported by Simukka’s light and airy narrative,A powerful, authentic novel about the summer and love, insecurities, and exploration of two young people by the popular YA author.Published 27th of May 2021, English materials coming soon! Let us know of your interest by clicking here! |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi
THE SNOW WHITE TRILOGY |
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AS RED AS BLOOD by Salla Simukka 17-year-old Lumikki Andersson goes to a high school of performing arts. She has made it a rule to stay out of things that do not involve her. However, the rule is put to the test on leap day when she finds washed five hundred euro notes hung to dry in her school’s darkroom. It turns out that three students from Lumikki’s high school have in their possession plastic bags containing bloody notes, and soon Lumikki finds herself caught in a tangled web of international drug trade. |
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AS WHITE AS SNOW by Salla Simukka Lumikki Andersson is backpacking in Prague, where the weather is scorching hot. A girl approaches her in a small café and claims to be her half sister. Lumikki’s parents seem to be hiding a secret concerning the family’s past, so the girl’s claim rouses Lumikki’s interest. Despite her erratic behaviour, the girl manages to persuade Lumikki to join a religious family community. She gets acquainted with the streets and graveyards of Prague when she is forced to run for her life to prevent the tragedy. The religion of the cult is not pure; and innocence is not as white as snow. |
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AS BLACK AS EBONY by Salla Simukka Lumikki Andersson is set to play the leading role in a modern-day version of Snow White at her high school. The rehearsals are going well, and Lumikki seems to have found a stable and loving relationship with the boy playing the Huntsman. As opening night approaches, Lumikki starts receiving notes from a secret admirer whose infatuation soon turns out to be a dangerous obsession. The admirer threatens to turn the premiere into a blood bath unless Lumikki consents to his demands. |
| RIGHTS SOLD: THE SNOW WHITE TRILOGY FINLAND, Tammi (orig.), ALBANIA, Botime B-Books, ARAB WORLD, Arab Scientific, ARGENTINA, Nuevo Extremo, AZERBAIJAN, Qanun, BELGIUM, Clavis, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, BTC Sahinpasic, BRAZIL, Novo Conceito, BULGARIA, Egmont, CANADA (French), Hachette Livre, CATALAN, La Galera, CHINA, Modern Press, CROATIA, Znanje, CZECH REPUBLIC, Egmont, DENMARK, Gyldendal, ESTONIA, Pegasus, FAROE ISLANDS, Bókadeildin, , FRANCE, Hachette Livre, GEORGIA, Bakur Sulakauri, GERMANY, Arena, GREECE, Metaixmio, HUNGARY, Athenaeum, ICELAND, Forlagid, INDONESIA, Gramedia/Bhuana Ilmu Populer, ISRAEL, Yedioth, ITALY, Mondadori, JAPAN, Nishimura, KOREA, Gimm Young, LATVIA, Zvaigzne, LITHUANIA, Alma Littera, MACEDONIA, Bata Press, MALAYSIA, Buku Fixi, MONTENEGRO, BTC Sahinpasic, NETHERLANDS, Clavis, NORWAY, Gyldendal, POLAND, Foksal/WAB, PORTUGAL, Presença, ROMANIA, Trei, RUSSIA, Eksmo, SERBIA, Vulkan, SLOVAKIA, Verbarium, SLOVENIA, Mladinska, SPAIN, La Galera, SWEDEN, Rabén & Sjögren, TAIWAN, Emily Publishing, THAILAND, Nanmee Books, TURKEY, Altin Kitaplar, UNITED KINGDOM & COMMONWEALTH, Hot Key Books, UNITED STATES & CANADA, Penguin Random House/Crown Books for Young Readers, VIETNAM, Alpha Books, TV RIGHTS: Zerogravity Management (”Ozark”) Download materials here
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DETAINED by Salla Simukka Fifty teenagers aged 16-17 are introduced to a fully automated prison with no guards or other staff. Probability calculations have shown that each of them will commit a crime at some time in their lives that will send them to prison.This is their last chance. They must solve their future crimes, confess them in the prison’s Confession Room, and demonstrate remorse. If they do, they will be set free. If they fail to discover their crimes before they reach age eighteen, they will remain in prison to serve their full sentences. |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), ESTONIA: Pegasus | |
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SISTERLAND by Salla Simukka In the heart of Sisterland lies a wonderful garden full of all kinds of peculiar creatures: wind fairies, dream weavers and asking flowers. And in one tree, on a swing, is Marissa. All Alice has ever wanted is a best friend and now her dream has come true! But the girls have not ended up in Sisterland by coincidence. They must find the queen who rules Sisterland to end the endless snowfall in their own world. However, Alice faces the hardest task when Marissa seems to have forgotten about their friendship. |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), Belgium&Netherlands: Clavis, CHINA: Hunan Juvenile and Children’s Publishing House, ESTONIA: Pegasus, FRANCE: Hachette Black Moon, JAPAN: Nishimura Co., Ltd., LATVIA: Zvaigzne ABC Publishers, UNITED STATES: Crown Books for Young Readers, WORLD ARABIC: Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc. | |
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TURN OFF THE LIGHTS! TURN ON THE LIGHTS! by Salla Simukka A collection of ”little awesome stories and little awful stories” from Finland’s internationally most successful YA author.What is the most awful or the most awesome thing that has happened to you? Salla Simukka’s anticipated new book includes little awful stories and little awesome stories about young people’s lives. Why are under-fifteens not allowed in the basement? What happened in Dog’s Head Park? Who makes nightly visits in Klara’s solitary confinement room? What does it take to make out with lights on? |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), LATVIA: Zvaigzne ABC Publishers | |
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ELSEWHERE by Salla Simukka Eighteen-year-old Samuel is the stereotypical nerd. His nights are spent playing on the computer and his days in bed. Now that he has finished school, Samuel is in danger of completely losing touch with society. But then he is invited to join a secret project that pays shockingly well. Samuel is caught up in the construction of a virtual world that is full of surprises. However, the biggest surprise for him is that he falls in love. Everything else loses its meaning when Samuel decides to save Emmi, the girl of his dreams. Elsewhere is an astounding vision of what the world of virtual gaming could become in the near future. It also deals with the difficulties of relationships between parents and children and the inability of adults to cope with many of the problems young people face. And of course it is a story of first love, which is always intense, turbulent and beautiful. |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), NETHERLANDS: Clavis Books | |
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WITHOUT A TRACE by Salla Simukka Have you ever wished that everyone else in the world would just disappear? You’d better watch out what you wish for.Emmi Aalto is a 15-year-old girl who feels like she doesn’t have anything. She hasn’t figured out what she’s good at in school yet; she’s still just a “Potential”. Her family doesn’t seem to pay any attention to her at home. And she has never had any friends. Emmi decides to run away, so she could at least become the girl who disappeared. But when she comes back home, there’s no one there. Or next door. Or in the entire town. Everyone has disappeared – or have they? |
| Rights sold: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), NETHERLANDS: Clavis Books | |
