The Mindspinner (Innbundet)

Author:

Vibeke Koehler

Norwegian title: Tankespinneren
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2021
Pages: 352
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202628932
Kategori: Children's Books
Age: 9 - 12
Overview Tankespinneren

When Anna's parents suddenly have to leave to carry out an important mission overseas, Anna is sent to stay with her grandparents.

One day, she sees Grandma leading a meeting where inexplicable things happen. It turns out that Grandma leads a secret society of witches and wizards who have spent hundreds of years hiding behind something thoroughly dull that actually turns out to be thoroughly magical.

Along with two new friends, Anna gets to explore a mysterious, magical world and learns to use abilities that can help the secret society – although for Anna, these abilities may also be dangerous.

The Mindspinner is a thrilling fantasy story that draws readers into a magical world packed with Norse mythology, ancient superstitions and scary baddies.
This book is suitable for readers between 9 and 12 and is especially suited to anybody out there who likes the Harry Potter books.

The Mindspinner is the first book in a planned trilogy.

‘Everything is at stake, the web of life is falling apart. Vibeke Koehler establishes her fantasy universe with a close connection to the environmental challenges we are facing. … her children’s book debut builds on a simple, but genius idea.’

BERGENS TIDENE

‘Vibeke Koehler has created a complex world where myths and magic are intertwined with our reality. … The textile subject’s toolbox and vocabulary often appear in this magic world full of self-knitting knitting needles, “wool-ology”, talking dolls, ninja-socks and “spools of thread- spiders”. … Craft-inspired expressions and formulas are laid out as tiny Easter egg-surprises throughout the whole book.’

PERISKOP.no

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Reviews Tankespinneren

"Som om det sto en bildemagiker bak, åpenbarer romanen en fantastisk verden med klare allusjoner til norrøn mytologi med norner, skjebnetråder og den store livsveven."

Astrid Fosvold, Periskop.no


"Alt står på spel, livsveven raknar. Vibeke Koehler etablerer sitt fantasy-univers tett opp til klimautfordringane vi står overfor ..."

"Barnebokdebuten til Vibeke Koehler bygger på ein enkel, men genial idé."

Janne Karin Støylen, Bergens Tidende

Knute på tråden 29.05.2021

«Vibeke Koehler har skapt en intrikat verden der myter og magi tvinnes sammen med vår virkelighet.» «Det er ingen tvil om at Koehler har hatt det gøy under skrivinga (eller at hun er inspirert av en viss annen litterær magiskole-elev (Harry Potter - red. anm.).»

«Tekstilfagets verktøykasse og vokabular blir utnytta til det fulle i denne magiske verdenen full av selvstrikkende strikkepinner, «ullologi», snakkende dokker, ninjasokker og trådsnelle-edderkopper. Håndarbeidsinspirerte uttrykk og formler ligger som små påskeegg gjennom hele boka.»

Karoline Henanger, Klassekampen

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Author Vibeke Koehler

Vibeke Koehler (b. 1980) has been interested in languages, people, nature and story-telling all her life. She runs an organisation called Bærekraftige liv (Sustainable lives), curates the TEDx programme and works as an editor and dramaturge.

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Foreign rights
Finland

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