He’s no good at drawing, dancing, or poetry—so how could Joakim possibly save the world?

A mysterious bottle drifts ashore. Inside are a message and a stone that will change everything.

When Joakim Even retrieves a bottle from the sea, he expects nothing more than a curiosity. In fact, he may be the only teenager in his quiet coastal town too sensible to expect anything else. Yet this bottle contains a note warning the world is in danger and he may be the only one who can save it.

Sealed with the message is a strange piece of granite.

At first, the discovery feels like nothing important. But soon, the impossible unfolds across Joakim’s Celtic island. Art begins reshaping the world around him. Long-forgotten legends seep into everyday reality.

As the boundary between myth and the modern world dissolves, Joakim is drawn into a fight he wasn’t ready for. Now he must learn to read secrets in paintings, weave illusions with poems, defy gravity through dance, and bend time with music. The piece of granite in the bottle was anything but ordinary, the message was no accident, and the forces behind it are only beginning to reveal themselves.

If Joakim can't bring himself to believe the fight is worth it, the consequences may reach far beyond his island.

Blending magical realism, Celtic legend, and a coming-of-age journey, You Are a Giant Living on Your Knees is a YA fantasy for young readers ages 11 and up, where ancient magic awakens and one young man must discover the power he never knew he had.

Open the bottle. The legend begins now.