The Invisible

Mats Wahl; Translated by Katarina Tucker

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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One ordinary Monday morning in May, Hilmer Eriksson walks into his high school classroom and discovers that he has become invisible. No one can see him, no one can hear him. In fact, a police detective named Harald Fors arrives at school that very morning to investigate Hilmer’s disappearance. The boy has no idea what’s going on, but he’s frightened, and he’s starting to forget things – including what happened to him a few nights earlier. Detective Fors suspects foul play, and those suspicions lead him – trailed by the ghostlike presence of Hilmer – to a group of skinheads. These unpopular, disaffected kids are very vocal about their Nazi sympathies. But how does Hilmer’s life intersect with theirs? As Fors scours the village and interviews area residents for clues, he begins to piece together the puzzle of Hilmer’s disappearance. Meanwhile Hilmer waits, silently, to discover what has happened to him.
 
In this riveting mystery set in northern Sweden, Mats Wahl deftly alternates between the policeman’s and the victim’s points of view, as the story of a missing-persons case shifts with a sad inevitability into a heartbreaking murder investigation.

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"The intriguing premise of this suspenseful novel will pull readers right into contemporary Sweden.  As far away as this rural Swedish community may be, readers may be chilled by the commonalities of the dark side, wherever humans dwell."  --Publishers Weekly
 
"Wahl’s skillful, understated prose explores the dark side of modern society.” –Booklist
 
“Quietly haunting.”  —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, April 2007
 
“Compelling.”    —VOYA, April 2007
 
“More than just a good mystery, Wahl's story captures a community afflicted with a deep sadness, where the adults are as alienated as the literally and figuratively lost teenagers.”—Ellegirl.com

 

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Mats Wahl; Translated by Katarina Tucker

MATS WAHL has written over forty novels, as well as numerous plays and screenplays. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

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The Invisible
Mats Wahl; Translated by Katarina Tucker
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Hardcover
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
January 2007
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374336097
ISBN10: 0374336091
Young Adult Fiction
5 1/2 X x 8 1/4 inches, 192 pages
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Range: 7 and up
$16.00
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