If you are interested in children's stories with a more contemporary, urban setting you might like these two books that come from Zagreb, Croatia. Happy Days (1994/2011) and The Teacher of My Dreams (2006/2011) were written by Miro Gavran and translated into English by Nina H. Key-Antoljak.
Gavran is a well known contemporary Croatian writer of novels and plays, primarily for adults. In all his works he very often explores male-female relations. This theme is in the center of both Happy Days and The Teacher of My Dreams. Gavran has written, in his native Croatian language, seven novels for children. Interestingly, his first novel Forgotten Son (1989), not written specifically for children, has been selected for the IBBY 2002 Honor List. Happy Days won the 1995 Mato Lovrak Prize for Best Children's Novel. The Teacher of My Dreams won a special prize at the 2007 International Festival of Literature for Children and Young People in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2001 Miro Gavran was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Both of these books and some other books by Miro Gavran are available for Kindle.
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