Loukko by 
Original title: Stop Secret. Hikisukka Hirmunen
Author: Ilona Ahti
Illustrator: Miila Westin
Published: 2023
Publisher: FINLAND: Tammi (orig.)
Genre: Middle Grade (8-12 Years)
Reading material:
English sample
Finnish manuscript
A funny middle-grade mystery series for fans of Roald Dahl
The sock-trap has been set! A sock-monster, Stinker, is on the loose!
In the opening of this charmingly funny middle-grade series, top-secret cases are being solved. Why are there only odd socks in the cabinet, and where have the hairclips and remote controls vanished?
The peculiar events begin when a strange creature snatches the last pair of socks from ten-year-old Hilla. She catches a glimpse of a fluffy, golden tail and finds a color-changing hair as evidence. A top-secret mystery must be solved, in which Hilla is helped by her neighbors Maisa and Roni-Toni. Hilla's grandmother Mitsi clearly knows more than she's telling, and in the end there's an explanation for everything that no one would have expected...
apturing something essential about the everyday life of children. This is what makes it such a fascinating book: simply incomprehensible things are mixed in with the ordinary and everyday. And when everything is tied together by the mystery in the story, that’s when you have all the ingredients for a gripping title.
Runeberg Prize Jury
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