The holidays are long over, but Dunne still hasn't shown up at school. No one answered the door when her classmates came to give her an Easter present. She's not in Norrköping, where her best friend Ella-Frida lives, or on the island where they vacationed together last summer... Where did she disappear to?
A girl who is almost always happy dreams that those around her are happy too. And adults are sometimes so slow-witted... But Dunne will fix everything! You just need to remind them that with love it is definitely better than without it. And at the end of a long journey, the road will lead Dunne to where she is needed most.
Dunne's first summer vacation is over and she is returning home to Stockholm to study. Luckily, school is not just about lessons: in September, the teacher took the second-graders to Skansen, an open-air museum with a large zoo. It was great there until the naughty Vikki and Mickey offended Dunne - so much so that she fell behind the class and got lost. All this would be terribly sad if it weren't for Ella-Frida! After all, your best friend is always exactly where you need her to be! Dunne dreams of telling her dad about her adventures, but in the evening, as always, he is busy with his own things: lately, dad only thinks about his friend Vera...
Ruse Lagercrantz (born 1947) is a popular Swedish writer, winner of the August Strindberg and Astrid Lindgren Prizes. The series "Dune and Happiness" is her most published work: it has been translated into dozens of languages, named one of the best children's books by The New York Times, nominated for the Sorcière Prize (France) and the German Children's Literature Prize.
Young readers all over the world follow the happy life of the girl Dünne closely, and for many, the books of Ruse Lagercrantz are the first to be read independently: the font is large, the chapters are short, the illustrations by Eva Eriksson are attractive and sweet. "Two Halves of the Heart" is the fifth part of a fascinating and heartfelt story, published in Russian in the translation of Maria Lyudkovskaya (known for her work on books by Sven Nordqvist and Tove Jansson).
Recommended reader age: 6+
Author: Ruse Lagercrantz
Artist: Eva Erikson
Translator: Maria Lyudkovskaya
Year of release: 2020
Publisher: KompasGid
Pages: 152
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x150x16 mm
ISBN: 978-5-00083-471-8
Book series: Dune