Hugo

About this book

Hugo, the son of a charcoal maker, is an independent little fellow who lives deep in the woods. When he isn’t learning from spiders, he goes to school and promptly visits with each pupil asking about their families. After that, he settles down – to a nap. One day, he and his friend Josephine decide to earn some money and come up with ingenious schemes ranging from mushroom harvests to delivering mail on a towering antique bicycle. Into their cheerful world comes a strange, aloof girl whose icy manner is resented by her classmates. How Hugo and Josephine finally recognize her pathetic loneliness and draw her out of her shell makes a profound and touching story. - From Back Cover

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About the author

Maria Gripe

25 Jul 1923 – 5 Apr 2007

Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter (25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books (e.g. Hugo and Josephine books, the Shadow series, and the titles about Lotten). For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974. **Source**: [Maria Gripe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gripe) on Wikipedia.