The Slippery Heart

By Siri Kolu

Two strange worlds meet in a touching YA novel in Otava’s new romantic book series, LOVE, for young adults. 

Didi writes live action role-playing games and gets the challenge of her life at her new school. The school’s kingpin Dome, a semi-criminal and former top athlete, asks Didi to become something like his personal diary. And Dome’s requests are not to be refused. 

She becomes the only person Dome trusts as Didi takes a quick trip into his personal life and through his secrets. And soon Didi knows a boy no one else knows: a sympathetic big brother and a history enthusiast who is interested in dragons – a side to Dome that don’t fit a school kingpin.
Didi suddenly becomes entangled in what seems like a love triangle. She experiences the drama with both sides of Dome’s nature. She must fight for her right to live her own life. You can’t ask someone for anything, not even for love.

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About the author

Siri Kolu (b. 1972) is a writer, dramatist, director and theatre instructor, which are among her many duties in the Finnish cultural field.She is a Finlandia Junior Prize winner and her works have been translated into 22 languages. Kolu has been awarded the Laivakello Prize by the Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature, and in the Netherlands, she won the Silver Slate Pencil. Me and the Robbersons received an honorary mention in British Book Trust’s ”In Other Words” competition in 2018. Kolu is a front-line author with a strong voice and she has published a broad range of works that range from humourous middle-grade stories to edgy YA cross-over fiction.