woollypigs1d 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 threadHenrik Eriksson1d ago
@woollypigs FWIW Unaccompanied minor is a service many airlines still provide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unaccompanied_minor_(passenger)
Unaccompanied minor (passenger) - Wikipedia

Show threadwoollypigs1d ago
@henrikeriksson ah, I would have thought with today's parenting and after 9/11 this was a thing of the past.
Show threadRay McCarthy

@woollypigs @henrikeriksson
No, still real!

Though many years ago my kids did it to visit their grandfather. Just Shannon to Belfast and back.
The story sounds better than "Home Alone".
I wrote a story where some teenagers pretended to be adults and flew to Shannon from Copenhagen via Heathrow. They pretended one of them was blind and that the real wolf was a guide dog. Actually only one of the people was a human and one was a Fae (Aés Sidhe). They also had DIY passports that required glamour.

Apr 11 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadwoollypigs1d ago
@raymaccarthy @henrikeriksson ohh I would like to read that ;)
Show threadRay McCarthy1d ago

@woollypigs @henrikeriksson
It's the 2nd book in a series, but no actual cliffhangers in any.
https://www.corvidspress.com/fiction/otherworld-series/carrying-the-shining-sword/
Available as an ebook almost everywhere (Smashwords is DRM free and simplest). In theory a POD paperback exists, but not yet released.

The penultimate book and last are proofed, but not published. The penultimate book is a "reverse Narnia". As C.S. Lewis lived in Belfast, that's where it's partially set. Four"fairy children" arrive in a present day Belfast house!

Carrying the Shining Sword – Corvids Press

Show threadwoollypigs1d ago
@raymaccarthy @henrikeriksson thanks, adds to the pile of books that one needs to read.
Show threadRay McCarthy1d ago

@woollypigs @henrikeriksson
My pile is several thousand high because I check Project Gutenberg daily (Free quality proofed PD) and Mobile Read for bargain / free commercial ebooks.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26

Even my paper TBR pile is high due to inherited books.

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