About the author

Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter, best known for children's and young adult books. Many of his works are set in the 1950s and 1960s, the time period of his childhood and adolescence. Many also feature the Copenhagen area, where he was born in Brønshøj. Reuter is the screenwriter of the popular Danish television series and movie Busters verden ("Buster's World"). In 1977 he was awarded with the Danish Ministry of Culture's children book prize. He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for best children's book in 2000, recognising the German-language edition of En som Hodder (1998), and was a finalist for the youth book prize in 2003, for the work published in English as The Ring of the Slave Prince (2004).

For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Reuter was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in both 2002 and 2004.

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En eftermiddag møder teenageren Asta op til møde på Hofmanns Plads et sted i København. Her møder hun dels fru Saccariassen, dels nogle unge mennesker, hun kender i forvejen. Hun har ladet sig overtale til sammen med dem at tjene nogle lette penge ved at hjælpe til med at rydde op på en landejendom på en lille ø i Nordvestsjælland, og nu skal fru Saccariassen fortælle dem lidt om forholdene på øen. Og der sker mærkelige ting: Fem streger, fire på højkant og én på tværs, optræder de underligste steder, og ud fra de forklaringer, Asta får på femtallets betydning - fem er Satans tal - kan hun kun blive mere og mere urolig. Der kommer mærkelige lyde fra aflåste rum i huset. Et par kaniner, en af Astas veninders højtelskede kæledyr, forsvinder under mystiske omstændigheder. Væk er de; men kan det virkelig passe, at de har spist dem?  
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Edition2
Printed pages272
Publish date01 May 2009
Published byGyldendal
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ISBN print9788702077551
ISBN epub9788702095845
ISBN audio9788702092240