Cerkabella acquires the Hungarian rights to Siri Kolu’s Twin World Series #1: Saving Atlantis!

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We are very excited to tell you, that the Hungarian rights for Siri Kolu‘s middle-grade novel TWIN WORLD SERIES: SAVING ATLANTIS were acquired by Cerkabella in a deal closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Congratulations to Siri Kolu and Cerkabella!

The latest title by award-winning children’s and YA author Siri Kolu, Saving Atlantis introduces the readers to 12-year-old Elektra who starts to dream about a ringed city that is destroyed in a tsunami. As she and her friend Maxxam start looking into this mystery, they realize that Elektra is dreaming of Atlantis. At the same time, Elektra Elpida of Atlantis starts dreaming of a future filled with glass towers and flying planes. She also sees in the future hints of how to escape the impending destruction.

Published in Finland in April, Saving Atlantis is perfect reading for the fans of Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising Sequence and Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books.

This is the first foreign rights sale for Twin World Series: Saving Atlantis! Rights are available in all other territories!

Download materials for SAVING ATLANTIS here!

Twin World Series #1: Saving Atlantis

Siri Kolu

A myth-busting, suspense-filled series for a late middle grade and early YA audience.

Can Atlantis be saved before disaster strikes?

12-year-old El(ektra) starts sleepwalking and has recurring nightmares of masses of water under which there is no escape. After doing research with her friends Maxxam and Cal, El discovers that the underwater city in her nightmares is ancient Atlantis.

In the city of Atlantis, young Elektra has strange dreams at night about tall glass towers and flying planes. With inventor genius Dobro, Elektra begins to test whether the visions could be real. Based on the dreams, they build a submarine called a wave diver.

Can the Elektras help each other? Can they be rescued from under the waves…and what would it cost?

TWIN WORLD SERIES: SAVING ATLANTIS
ALLE AALLON
Tammi, 2025, 331 pp.

Reading materials:
English sample and synopsis, Finnish edition

Rights sold:
FINLAND: Tammi (orig.), HUNGARY: Cerkabella

About author


Siri Kolu

Siri Kolu (born July 18, 1972) is a writer, performance dramaturg, director, and theater teacher. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Theatre Arts and Bachelor of Arts degree as Drama Instructor (BA). Prior to her theater studies, she pursued literature and theater studies at the University of Helsinki.

With her funny and original adventure Me and the Robberssons Kolu won the children’s novel and film script competition in the fall of 2009. The book was published in April 2010, and won the Finlandia Prize in Children’s & YA literature. The film adaptation hit theaters in the fall of 2014. Me and the Robberssons has been translated into over 20 languages.

Me and the Robbersons has also won the Silver Slate Pencil Award in the Netherlands and has been listed twice for the The English Pen Award. She has also been honored with the Laivakello Prize by the Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature, Topelius Prize and Kaarina Helakisa Literary Prize.

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2025, Middle Grade (8-12 Years)

Twin World Series: Saving Atlantis

Siri Kolu

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