Winner of the PEN Translates Award
Jean-Claude Mourlevat is the 2021 winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
When Jefferson the hedgehog goes to his hairdresser’s, he’s shocked to discover the barber lying dead on the floor. Falsely accused of murder, Jefferson must go on the run with his best friend Gilbert the pig to uncover the real killers. Adventure, dark secrets and a most unlikely series of hair-raising events await Jefferson and his fellow animals as they travel into the Land of the Humans . . .
With a cover by Lisa d’Andrea, and inside illustrations by Antoine Ronzon
Translated by Ros Schwartz
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Jean-Claude Mourlevat was born in Ambert, France. He taught German for five years before deciding to study drama. He wrote and directed burlesque shows for adults and children which were performed for more than ten years in France and abroad. He started writing in 1996 and his stories were published the same year. He first wrote short texts which were illus
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