Patricia Fjellgren

Six-year-old Aili can’t sleep. As she listens to the world beyond a half-open door, her imagination begins to spiral. Strange sounds from the kitchen suggest something unsettling: what if the underground Ulda people have come to replace her parents?

On a cold winter night, the siblings Bräjhta and Aanta have to go out and look after the family's reindeer herd. They light a fire to keep the wolves away, but then the Northern Lights get upset.

Why are gooseberries so much more valuable than deer trees and why did the Sami men lay naked on the marsh in the past? How do you respond to a mock execution and what is actually panic attack? Ella and Moa are two girls with more questions than answers and during a summer night they approach a little cautiously of their Sami origin. —Jonas Selberg Augustsén

Six-year-old Aili can’t sleep. As she listens to the world beyond a half-open door, her imagination begins to spiral. Strange sounds from the kitchen suggest something unsettling: what if the underground Ulda people have come to replace her parents?

On a cold winter night, the siblings Bräjhta and Aanta have to go out and look after the family's reindeer herd. They light a fire to keep the wolves away, but then the Northern Lights get upset.