The Planet Rescue Club: The Christmas Mystery

In collaboration with Jens Kristensen (ill.)

Ruth Lillegraven

Original title: Julemysteriet
Publisher: Samlaget, 2021
Genre: Detective series for children, 6-9 years
Pages: 80 pages

The fourth book of the popular suspense series The Planet Rescue Club

Vanja and Sivert are looking forward to showing Mo the annual Christmas market. Every year, the town square is filled with stalls and Vanja’s parents are going to put up an enormous Christmas tree in the middle of the square. On top of all this, Santa Claus will be paying a visit on a sleigh drawn by real reindeer!

But this year, the market is a disappointment. There is no snow on the ground when the Planet Rescue Club arrives, and when the moment comes for the lighting of the Christmas tree, they discover that someone has chopped it into pieces. And Santa Claus doesn’t even arrive with his reindeer!

Who destroyed the Christmas tree? And what happened to Santa Claus? Can there be a connection between these two mysteries?

Foreign rights

Swedish: Bokförlaget Hedvig

Ruth Lillegraven

Ruth Lillegraven debuted in 2005 with a collection of poetry entitled Big Bad Poems. Since then, she has published a novel, six poetry collections, as well as children books. Her work has been nominated for several prizes and she was awarded, among other distinctions, the Brage Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize. Her first psychological crime thriller, Everything is Mine (Alt er mitt), has enjoyed tremendous success and multiple international sales.