by Lene Kaaberbøl · Tapa dura · ISBN 9783446241732
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«Wildhexe. Die Feuerprobe» is the young adult fantasy novel by Lene Kaaberbøl, published by Carl Hanser Verlag in hardback (157 pages, in German).
Clara discovers she can talk to animals after being attacked by a black cat, and her aunt Isa teaches her to trust that gift. When the ancient witch Chimära sees her as a threat, Clara must face the trial by fire, a tradition no young wild witch has overcome in a long time.
First volume of the Wildhexe series, published in 2014, translated from Danish by Friederike Buchinger. The original Danish title is Ildprøven.
Recommended for young readers from about ten years old, especially those who enjoy magic and animal stories.
Lene Kaaberbøl is a Danish writer born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work primarily consists of children's fantasy series and crime fiction for adults. She received the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2004. In 2009 Kaaberbøl with her co-author Agnete Friis was awarded the Harald Mogensen Prize by the Danish Criminal Academy for novel The boy in the suitcase. Kaaberbøl's most famous works include the Shamer Chronicles book series, especially the first installment The Shamer's Daughter, and her Wildwitch (Vildheks) book series (2011–2014), the former of which had the first and third book adapted into two Danish theatrical children's live-action fantasy films, and the latter series providing the basis for a Danish live-action children's fantasy film in 2018.
