Johan is ten years old and lives on his own in a tree house in the forest. His life is uncomplicated. He climbs trees, gathers food and collects whatever he needs to get by from the rubbish dump on the outskirts of town. The only thing he really misses is going to school, but doing so is out of the question when you are an orphan and want to avoid all contact with the authorities. However, one day Johan meets a very peculiar book-loving old man, and his whole life is turned around.
Written by Danny Wattin in collaboration with 22 Swedish nine-year olds, Treehouse boy is a story about the art of balancing freedom with the desire to fit in. It is a book about the unlikely friendship between a knowledge-craving young boy and a grumpy old recluse – in which child-led demonstrations, exploding love letters and arm-wrestling principals all have important roles to play.