Stolen

On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle nine-year-old Elsa-daughter of Sâami reindeer herders-sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into When her father takes her to report the crime local police tell them that there is nothing they can do about these stolen Killings like these are classified as theft in the reports that continue to pile up But reindeer are not just the Sâami's livelihood they also hold spiritual significance; attacking a reindeer is an attack on the culture Ten years later hatred and threats against the Sâami keep escalating and more reindeer are tortured and killed in Elsa's Finally she's had enough and decides to push back on the apathetic police The hunter comes after her this time leading to a catastrophic final Based on real events Ann-Helâen Laestadius's award-winning novel Stolen is part coming-of-age story part love song to a disappearing natural world and part electrifying countdown to a dramatic resolution--a searing depiction of a forgotten part of Sweden--