**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM** **THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'Written with
heart and great appeal' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the
world' FREDRIK BACKMAN author of A MAN CALLED OVE 'Has struck a chord worldwide' NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC ___________________________________________ The international sensation: the story
of a young Sámi girl's coming-of-age and a powerful fable about family identity and justice
Nine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are Sámi -
Scandinavia's indigenous people - and make their living herding reindeer. One morning when Elsa
goes skiing alone she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf Nástegallu. Elsa
recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone - least of all the Swedish police force - about
what she saw. Instead she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart. Elsa comes of age
fighting two wars: one within her community where male elders expect young women to know their
place and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the Sámi. When
Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago
something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt fear and anger she's been carrying since
childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic
confrontation.
