Foreign Rights Catalogue Obelisk 2018

Hugo, the young silverfish, moves out of the
old library to find a new home. On his journey,
his mum gets lost – and he ends up in an apartment
full of slightly crazy, adorable insects.
Quickly, he finds his place in their community.
When they get threatened by a hysterical exmodel
dedicated to hygiene, it is Hugo who
pulls the strings. His plan implies cheeky silverfish
girls, sporty house whims, moths specialised
in air acrobatics and a stolen diamond … A
whole new definition of “pets” and a sweeping
adventure.
Lena Avanzini
Hugo flies high
Cover and vignettes: Joelle Tourlonias
13,5 x 20,3 cm
144 pages, hardcover
Age 10
Lena Avanzini, When there
were rotary phones and no one
had set foot on the moon a long,
Lena Avanzini was born on a
Thursday morning punctually at
eight o´clock. Since she had a
great hurry, she could not wait
until her mother had reached the
maternity ward of the hospital, but already saw the
world for the first time in a taxi. She grew rapidly, but
showed very early a striking propensity for crime, she
liked to play the role of the evil hunter, cowboys or
Comanches during the carnival. Today she lives in
Innsbruck writing children books and crime stories
for adults.