Elf in the Head

Anna is glad to have a friend who can hear her thoughts because she has her share of problems. Her parents live apart and she is passed between them like a parcel, mornings and overnights with Papa and afternoons with Mama.She is getting ready for school when the elf gets into her head. He is the kind of elf that lives in heads. There is trouble in school in the form of a triangle of broken Anna, Hermann who loves her, and Peter whom Anna really loves. To resolve all these problems requires great ingenuity by Anna and lots of courage on the part of the elf.Elf in the Head is an unusual book, funny, sad and full of nail-biting suspense.Vienna-born Christine Nostlinger is one of Europe's finest children's authors and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen medal for children's literature.With illustrations by Jutta Bauer