* A] heartwarming and richly engaging tale. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review When Inge Maria Jensens mother dies, the ten-year-old girl in braids is sent from Copenhagen to live on her grandmothers farm on the Danish island of Bornholm. The whimsical Inge is desperate to tease a smile out of her stern-seeming but jelly-soft grandmother with nonsensical songs and Hans Christian Andersen stories. A nostalgic nod to Pippi Longstocking and Heidi, this cozy, humorous novel explores love and loss . . . and the unsung magic of mischief.
