Monika Fagerholm

Teenage Johanna lives with her aunt Solveig in a small house bordering the forest on the outskirts of a remote coastal town in Finland. She leads a lonely existence that is punctuated by visits to her privileged classmate, Ulla Bäckström, who lives in the nearby luxury gated community. It isn’t until Ulla tells her …

The American Girl is a 2005 novel by author Monika Fagerholm. It won the August Prize in 2005.