woollypigs2d ago

I hope the hive mind can help with finding a book for me. Many moons ago, back in the late 80s I think it was. I'm very sure I heard this story on Danish radio. Set in Sweden a child with divorced parents had to travel between them by flying back and forth from northern and southern Sweden. Back then you could "hand over" a child to the airport and flight staff for them to accompany the children to the destination. In the story the staff had help someone urgently and parked the child (main character) at a check in desk. This was where everything went wrong for the parents and staff but the adventure started. As the child took a handful of the tags that the children got to show where they were going. And they would swap these tags around so it say LAX, LHR, JFK etc. as they got put onto different flights around the world.

Am I dreaming or is this really a book?

Thanks!

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Show threadstojg2d ago
@woollypigs I grew up in Sweden and I think I know this. I haven’t thought about in line 35 years. I think it was a Swedish kids tv show?
Show threadwoollypigs
@stojg ohh I have no memory of it being a tv show, though we had access to swedish telly soooo maybe?
Apr 11 at 11:52amWeb
Show threadstojg2d ago

@woollypigs hard to tell, all the nordics channel swapped kids shows as far as I can tell, but could be from any country really. I can’t find it either, which is frustrating.

Edit: I know the story, but can’t tell if it was a tv show, a book or something else, or a just a shared dream?

Show threadwoollypigs2d ago

@stojg yes I remember that too, if you missed it on Danish TV you could catch up on Norwegian or Swedish telly.

Shared dream now this is Twilight Zone territory ;)