An impressive story of personality development with high identification potential

Wir beide zusammen, der Himmel so weit is the breath-taking adventure of 14-year-old Emma from Sweden. Against the impressive background of the Mongolian steppe she discovers herself and learns to cope with the challenges of life. Thanks to her experiences in a foreign culture, new friendships and her closeness to horses she is able to surpass herself and overcome her fears. Not only horsey girls will see themselves in Emma and her touching story. Lately, there is a lot going wrong in Emma’s life: Her relationship with best friend Katrin approaches a crisis and her parents are about to get divorced. She doesn’t know how to cope with this chaotic situation and holes up in the barn with her beloved horse Ajax.

When Emma and her parents suddenly have to move to Mongolia for half a year, she at first suffers from serious homesickness. But her new friendship to nomadic girl Baska marks the beginning to the greatest adventure of her life. On the back of wild horses they race along the Mongolian steppe and Emma is able to break her habits and dispel her self-doubts.

Authoress Lin Hallberg has written countless successful horse books, including the famous Billie series that is tremendously popular in Germany. Wir beide zusammen, der Himmel so weit won the “Barnens Romanpris”, and Best Child Book of the Year Award of Swedish radio stations. Lin Hallberg runs a riding school in South Sweden.