The Cat Hunters
Frida Nilsson
- Original Title
- Kattjägarna
- Published
- Natur & Kultur, 2023
- Genre
- Fiction 9-12
- Pages
- 183
- Rights Sold
- German
Danish
- Tags
- Alexander Jansson, Film, Frida Nilsson, Kattjägarna, Martin books, Natur och Kultur
The Cat Hunters
Frida Nilsson
The Dog Hunters and The Cat Hunters is a fast-paced drifter adventure divided into two books, where dogs and people live side by side.
In this second part, The Cat Hunters, Martin is being exploited by a couple of rotten dogs but finally
manages to find his father, which leads to mixed feelings. Jack has been put in prison, accused of abducting Martin from the farm, and Martin has to come up with a plan to free Jack.
Frida Nilsson is a master at depicting misunderstood characters and unconventional friendships,
and she does not disappoint in this fast-paced tale in two parts.
Press voices
”About the bravery to keep your humanity in a cruel world. Read yourself, read loud. Nobody has written better than this for kids in the middle-ages in 2023” Expressen
“A tale in two parts about the foster kid Martin and some speaking animals on the run. In a dramatic chapter the inequality and poverty are portrayed, but also their fight for freedom and justice. Wilful and captivating.” Kristianstadsbladet
The books about Martin and Jack
- Awards
- Nominated for the August Prize 2023
"In Hundägarna and Kattjägarna, the disheveled protagonists are on the run through an unequal and poverty-stricken Sweden where neither children nor dogs have any rights. In their satchels, they carry an unquenchable longing for truth, rectification, love, and freedom. Frida Nilsson excels in this timeless and age-less story as an interpreter and defender of the weak and vulnerable. Together with illustrator Alexander Jansson, she invites the reader to an unforgettable run-away odyssey in two acts, where the uncompromisingly compelling language that begs to be read out loud."