Kirjahaku

When immortal Hope makes a promise she has no business to make, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous game with her cousin and arch enemy, Trouble. If she fails to take care of the two mortal children she has pledged to protect, she will be thrown into the everlasting Void. With her twin sister Despair and her great uncle Mordred (you might know him better as Death) lurking in the wings, the task is made ever more challenging. Can she triumph over Trouble? Or will she be forced to leave behind a world without Hope? Hope learns much more from mere mortals than she bargained for in this funny, poignant middle grade adventure.

It’s 1989 in London, the Cold War between East and West is finally coming to an end, and thirteen-year-old Milly has a school project to find out about her family history. But all she knows is that her grandad was a doorman at the Savoy – and that, long ago, he was supposedly a Russian prince, back when Russia still had princes. Could that really be true? So, when she discovers an old diary written in Russian, she enlists the help of her schoolfriend Ilya, whose family has fled the Soviet Union, to unravel Nicolai’s story. As they piece together the unbelievable details of his escape from the Red Army and the hardships, love and kindness he encountered as he made his way across Europe, Milly sees an opportunity to heal the tragedies of the past – with unexpected consequences.