In the autumn of 1944, during the war, thousands of Estonians and Latvians left their homes and fled to Sweden. Among the refugees were many children who had to stop playing and grow up overnight. They set off with their families across the stormy Baltic Sea to reach the place where the king and queen live and golden oranges are within reach. The little girl Keete also sets off with her parents and faces many dangers in a small fishing boat...
Juhani Püttsepp, an Estonian writer, graduated in biology from the University of Tartu and worked as a plant expert at the Institute of Zoology and Botany and the University of Tartu. He has also worked as the director of the Tartu Children's Theatre, as a journalist and editor for various newspapers and magazines, and since 2004 has been the director of the School of Natural Sciences of the Estonian University of Biological Sciences.
He is the author of popular science and fiction books for children of various ages, although many of his works can be classified as books for the whole family. In them, he often discusses topics such as nature, human relations with the environment, (local) culture and the change of generations, for which he has received numerous awards and recognitions. Luna kot zlata ladja earned the author the Raisin of the Year, the Award for a Quality Children's Book, the Literary Award of the Virumaa Municipality and the Estonian State Fund for Culture Award for the Best Youth Work of the Year, and in 2021 it was included in the prestigious White Crow catalogue. (taken from galarna.si)