Heavensky

Sari Peltoniemi

Original title: Taivazalan joutsen

Author: Sari Peltoniemi

Published: 2016

Publisher: Tammi

Genre: Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Pages: 237

Reading material:

Finnish edition
English sample
English synopsis

The Key Keeper Trilogy, Book I

Miranda, Vera, and Oliver end up in an adventure that changes their lives and the way they see people of their home village – there’s more than what meets the eye in the town of Little Reed.

One August day a strange flock appears in the sky. Among the regular northern birds colorful parrots and budgies carry a basket in which a petite blue-clad lady called Opri travels with her dogs Fnannel and Flamp and her skycat Natalia. She has arrived from a place called Heavenzky to Little Reed in search of her son.

It turns out Little Reed is a gateway between three worlds, and in the village lives a key keeper, who can cross these borders. Miranda and her friends start to investigate.

Who is the key keeper? And who has kidnapped Opri’s son? Why are the children of the village falling ill, and why is their school’s headmaster getting increasingly bad-tempered? What secrets lie in the tower of the school house?

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Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)

About author

Sari Peltoniemi

Sari Peltoniemi in memoriam (1963-2023). We are deeply saddened by the news of author Sari Peltoniemi passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sari Peltoniemi's family and friends. Our heartfelt condolences.

Sari Peltoniemi was a versatile and respected author who wrote for children, young adults, and adults. She  also wrote lyrics and played the bass in the Noitalinna huraa! band. Peltoniemi’s texts have the ability to transform even the most ordinary into extraordinary and everyday life into an adventure. Peltoniemi said she writes organic fantasy that combines everyday reality with the countless possibilities of the imagination.

Bibliography


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Heavensky


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The Elven Son


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Gattonautti and Other Everyday Tales


2011, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

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I Hear the Forest Calling


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The Servant of Dusk


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Dog and Her Girl


2007, Young Adult (13 or 14+)

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The Scale