Jonas Jonasson

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Published 2012-09-11

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Published 2014-04-24 · 394 pages

In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse ...