This is the screenplay of the teenager's novel, My Life as a Dog, made into a film by the director, Lasse Hallstrom. The tale, set in 1950s Sweden, is about a mischievous boy who tries to come to terms with life in spite of his mother's terminal illness and his separation from his pet dog Sickan. My Life as a Dog won the Best Film award in Sweden, the Golden Globe award and the New York Film Critics award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as being nominated for Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Director.