The girl who saved the King of Sweden : a novel
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New York : Ecco Press, 2014.
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9780062329127, 006232912X
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Published
New York : Ecco Press, 2014.
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Book
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387 pages ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN
9780062329127, 006232912X

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"Originally published in Sweden as Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Piratforlaget in 2013."--Title page verso.
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"In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse... Nombeko ends up the prisoner of an incompetent engineer in a research facility working on South Africa's secret nuclear arsenal. Yet the unstoppable Nombeko pulls off a daring escape to Sweden, where she meets twins named Holger One and Holger Two, who are carrying out a mission to bring down the Swedish monarchy...by any means necessary. Nombeko's life ends up hopelessly intertwined with the lives of the twins, and when the twins arrange to kidnap the Swedish king and prime minister, it is up to our unlikely heroine to save the day--and possibly the world"--from publisher's web site.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Jonasson, J., Willson-Broyles, R., & Willson-Broyles, R. (2014). The girl who saved the King of Sweden: a novel (First Edition.). Ecco Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-, Rachel. Willson-Broyles and Rachel Willson-Broyles. 2014. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel. Ecco Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-, Rachel. Willson-Broyles and Rachel Willson-Broyles. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel Ecco Press, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Jonasson, Jonas, Rachel Willson-Broyles, and Rachel Willson-Broyles. The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel First Edition., Ecco Press, 2014.

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