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Perfectly in tune with today’s young readers, this collection of fifteen delightfully twisted, brand-new spooky tales is guaranteed to raise both goosebumps and laughter.
In his tales Jari Mäkipää looks at scary stories through a modern-day lens, transforming fright into fun with wonderfully comic twists. He blends the familiar, classic night-time creatures with contemporary life, letting fears and monsters collide with today’s technology and the everyday realities, and today’s children who are capable in outsmarting them all.
The stories range from a vampire family struggling with their diet, to a thoroughly modern tooth fairy on its nightly round, to the unexpected dangers e-scooters might pose after dark, and what happens when a family orders a “perfect” little brother online—and so much more.
No matter how strange or spooky things become, the quick-witted children in the stories—and those reading at home—always have the last laugh.
Finnish edition