The Runaways is an adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers. Grandpa's in the hospital and hating it. He swears at the nurses and makes trouble. Gottfried Junior's dad finds it too stressful to visit. But the boy visits Grandpa as often as he's allowed, and when he's not allowed, he goes anyway. Grandpa thinks only of the place he was happiest - the island where he lived with Grandma before she died. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital. Gottfried and Grandpa take things into their own hands. If running away is the only way to get to the island, then they'll be runaways. Ulf Stark is one of the world's great writers. Author of over 30 books for children and young adults, he has won many prizes, including the German Youth Literature Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. He was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018. Kitty Crowther received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2010.