Books in the Ant-Jack, Big Emil, and Wild Vanja series in order

Jack er 9 år, stilfærdig og lille af vækst. Han er også lidt nørdet: Han er meget optaget af myrer. Jack bliver drillet både derhjemme og i klassen, hvor det er Store Emil, som er den værste. Jack er lidt hjælpeløs over for mobningen, bl.a. fordi han hjemmefra har fået at vide, at 'i vores familie bruger vi ikke vold. Hverken fysisk eller sproglig'. Heldigvis bliver Jack venner med Vanja, som hjælper ham. Men den bedste hjælp får han, da han tilfældigt finder en meget speciel bog på skolebibloteket. Den lærer ham at gøre det modsatte af, hvad andre forventer. Det har en overraskende effekt, som fører til, at Emil holder helt op med at mobbe.In English:Jack is 9 years old, quiet and small in stature. He's also a little nerdy: He's very preoccupied with ants. Jack is teased both at home and in class, where it is Big Emil who is the worst. Jack is a little helpless in the face of bullying, i.a. because he has been told from home that 'in our family we do not use violence. Neither physically nor linguistically '. Fortunately, Jack becomes friends with Vanja, who helps him. But he gets the best help when he happens to find a very special book at the school library. It teaches him to do the opposite of what others expect. It has a surprising effect, which leads to Emil completely stopping bullying.

Emil bor alene med sin mor, som ofte er meget ked af det og gemmer sig i sin seng. Han er overbevist om, at det er, fordi der bor et uhyre et eller andet skjult sted i lejligheden. Uhyret har også taget hans far, som en dag pludselig var væk. Emil er ked af det og vred, og da det også går ham så dårligt i skolen, at han skal gå 3. klasse om, lader han sin vrede gå ud over andre, især ud over Jack fra den nye klasse. Men så kommer mor på hospitalet, moster flytter ind, og hun kan klare uhyret. Langsomt får Emil det bedre, og da han en dag kan hjælpe Vanja fra klassen, fordi han er så stærk, får han også nye venner.In English:Emil lives alone with his mother, who is often very sad and hides in her bed. He is convinced that it is because there is a monster living somewhere hidden in the apartment. The monster has also taken his father, who one day was suddenly gone. Emil is upset and angry, and since he also does so badly in school that he has to go to 3rd grade again, he lets his anger go beyond others, especially beyond Jack from the new class. But then Mom comes to the hospital, aunt Sue moves in and she can handle the monster. Slowly Emil gets better, and since one day he can help Vanja from the class only because he is so strong, he also makes new friends.

Da Vanja er meget syg, får hun besøg af en fe, som lover at opfylde tre ønsker. Vanja er 9 år og pige på en anden måde end de andre piger i klassen, og hun bliver derfor holdt udenfor. Hun vil hellere være en dreng end en pige, og klæder sig og opfører sig derefter. Men hun bliver venner med Jack, og sammen klarer de mobberen Emil. Da Emil redder hende i en ulykke, opdager hun hans kvaliteter, og de bliver venner. Da to piger fra klassen forsvinder, er Vanja meget i tvivl, om hun skal bruge sit sidste af de tre ønsker på dem, som hun ikke engang kan lide.In English:As Vanja is very ill, she is visited by a fairy who promises to fulfill three wishes. Vanja is 9 years old and a girl in a different way than the other girls in the class, and she is therefore kept out. She would rather be a boy than a girl and dress and behave accordingly. But she becomes friends with Jack, and together they deal with the bully Emil. When Emil rescues her from an accident, she discovers his qualities and they become friends. When two girls from her class disappear, Vanja is very much in doubt about whether she should spend her last of the three wishes on them, which she does not even like.