The Nightflower By Elías Snæland Jónsson Súsí (15) is a city girl who is suddenly sent away to her grandfather - an old farmer who lives on a small farm in a sparsely populated part of Iceland. For Súsi the change is dramatic. She has to come to terms with a new and very different lifestyle. At the same time she meets new people and becomes involved in diving expeditions. But there are unexpected dangers in the deep waters and she uncovers a terrible secret from the era of the Second World War. The Nightflower is an unusual story of a young girl's summer of discovery and development.

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