: Michaela Hanauer
: Rulantica (1) Hidden Island
: Coppenrath Verlag
: 9783649640127
: 1
: CHF 11.70
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: Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
: English
: 272
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Aquina is a mermaid. She has always felt different from the other merpeople on Rulantica. Shortly after her twelfth birthday, she finds out something incredible: she has a twin brother. Mats, a human boy! And he is in great danger. For Aquina, there's no holding back: she has to find her real family before it's too late. Ever since he was found on the beach as a baby, Mats has been brought up in a children's home. He has always been afraid of the sea and of water. What he doesn't know is that he'll soon be diving into the biggest adventure of his life! By coming together, Aquina and Mats are fulfilling a centuries-old prophecy by the Nordic gods - this could be a chance to save the island world of Rulantica, but it could also mean its total destruction ...

Michaela Hanauer wurde 1969 kurz vor Weihnachten geboren und lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihrem Kater Wuschel in München, wenn sie nicht gerade unterwegs ist, um das andere Ende der Welt zu erkunden. Bereits in der Grundschule wollte sie nach einer Verlagsbesichtigung am liebsten gleich da bleiben und beschloss, eines Tages dort zu arbeiten. Diesen Beschluss hat sie nach ihrem Studium in die Tat umgesetzt und viel Branchenerfahrung gesammelt, bevor sie sich selbständig machte. Wäre sie nicht Kinderbuchautorin geworden, dann hätte sie vielleicht Flugunterricht auf einem fliegenden Teppich genommen, wäre mit Delphinen um die Wette getaucht oder hätte eine Zeitreiseagentur gegründet. Das einzige, was ihr noch mehr Spaß macht, als Geschichten zu erfinden, ist Kindern daraus vorzulesen.

PROLOGUE


Once, the god Loki removed a little stone from the wall surrounding Asgard, the home of the gods. Loki was jealous of the other gods’ close bond with mankind, and he wanted to prove how fallible and weak mortals really were. The stone landed in the ocean and formed an island. Loki knew that, with this stone, he had sent a piece of divine magic to Earth.

He delighted in exploring his island: the idyllic forests, mountains and rivers – but he could also see its fiery soul. He was particularly taken with a grotto where a spring burbled away cheerfully to itself. This seemed to him to be the ideal place for a sneaky trick. At the source of the spring, he spat a pip from one of the goddess Idun’s golden apples of immortality into the earth. From then on, the seed would release into the water the power of eternal life. Loki was sure no human being would be able to resist this temptation.

Pleased with himself and his work, he kept an eye out for a suitable victim and soon found one in Viken Rangnak, the leader of a Viking clan. Loki revealed himself to Viken and showed him the way to a promising new homeland: Rulantica. And so began the game of life and death.

Not for the first time, the young god V