Loukko by We are starting the week off by announcing that Estonian rights for THE SECRET STAIRCASE by Salla Simukka and illustrator JP Ahonen have been acquired by Ühinenud Ajakirjad! This deal was closed by Julia Bogen.
Salla Simukka is the multiple award-winning, internationally bestselling author of the Snow White trilogy, and JP Ahonen is a comic book artist and the illustrator of the cult classic Belzebubs project.
You can watch the book trailer below:
For fans of Michael Ende and Maria Gripe, THE SECRET STAIRCASE is an exciting and touching novel about two boys, who live in the same house but in different realities. Can their friendship cross the border separating two worlds?
10-year-old Alexis’ family moves to a house where he gets the attic room. Another 10-year-old-boy, Max, moves to a house, where a great basement room is waiting for him. Soon the boys notice something weird in their houses: Alexis hears voices under the floor, even though they don’t have a basement. Max’s ears pick up someone playing an instrument from the attic, even though no one is there.
When the two boys finally meet, they realize that they can visit each other’s worlds at night time. But will their friendship endanger everything when the worlds start to blur into each other?
Rights still available in France, Germany, Holland…
Click here to download all reading materials for THE SECRET STAIRCASE!
POIKA ULLAKOLLA, POIKA KELLARISSA
Tammi, March 2024, 200 pp., b&w illustrations
Reading material:
English sample with illustrations
Finnish edition
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
ESTONIA: Ühinenud Ajakirjad
