The girl who saved the King of Sweden
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Willson-Broyles, Rachel, translator.
Published
New York : Ecco Press, ©2014.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062329127, 006232912X
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ashland - Adult | FIC JONASSON | On Shelf |
Bedford - Adult | Fiction/Jonasson | On Shelf |
Belmont Beech St. - Adult | FIC JON | Storage |
Brookline - Adult | FIC Jonasson, Jonas | On Shelf |
Brookline Coolidge Corner - Adult | FIC Jonasson, Jonas | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Ecco Press, ©2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062329127, 006232912X
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Sweden as Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Piratforlaget in 2013"--Title page verso.
Description
In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse... Nombeko ends up the prisoner of an incompetent engineer in a research facility working on South Africa's secret nuclear arsenal. Yet the unstoppable Nombeko pulls off a daring escape to Sweden, where she meets twins named Holger One and Holger Two, who are carrying out a mission to bring down the Swedish monarchy... by any means necessary. Nombeko's life ends up hopelessly intertwined with the lives of the twins, and when the twins arrange to kidnap the Swedish king and prime minister, it is up to our unlikely heroine to save the day -- and possibly the world.
Language
Translated from the Swedish.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jonasson, J., & Willson-Broyles, R. (2014). The girl who saved the King of Sweden (First edition.). Ecco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jonasson, Jonas, 1961- and Rachel, Willson-Broyles. 2014. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden. Ecco Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jonasson, Jonas, 1961- and Rachel, Willson-Broyles. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Ecco Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jonasson, Jonas, and Rachel Willson-Broyles. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden First edition., Ecco Press, 2014.
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