Shadows in the Twilight

Shadows in the Twilight by Henning Mankell. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780440240433.

Joel will soon be twelve, and he thinks nothings going on in the small community where he lives. But hes wrong. One day, a miracle happens. Hes run over by a bus but somehow comes through it unscathed. He now believes he must repay the favor by doing a good deed. So he decides to find a husband for his friend, a young woman in town who is shy and lonely. He plans to find the best candidate for a husband, and then secretly bring them together, with neither one being the wiser. Even though his heart is in the right place, his plan backfires and his friends feelings are hurt by the very person he thought would be best for her. Joel feels terrible and knows that he must confess to his elaborate scheme to ultimately make things right.