Twelve-year-old Anon is so lost in his dual fantasies of befriending Sara, the owner of the library card he's found, and of his absentee father's god-like qualities that he doesn't mind that everyone at school is making fun of him. Seventeen-year-old Zarah has her mind on the alarming behavior of her jealous boyfriend as well as her relationship with a woman at work, which suddenly becomes complicated. Nils, who is going through an existential crisis, engages in some risky behavior while exploring how it might feel to be dead. He is also obsessed with Zarah, although he doesn't really know her. Then Nils's friend Hannes makes a misstep that might have deadly consequences. When Anon meets Sara, and Nils meets Zarah, and Anon and Zarah and Nils all come together unexpectedly, their lives take surprising new turns.

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the La Times Book Award.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Front Street Inc .

Per Nilsson was born in Malmo, Sweden, and currently lives in Solvesborg. He has written more than twenty books for young people, many of which have won awards. He has also written several plays and the screenplay for a movie based on one of his novels. His books have been translated into sixteen languages.