Nowhere to Hide (Innbundet)

Series: Udyr 2

Author:

Ingvild Bjerkeland

Norwegian title: Udyr – Ingen steder å gjemme seg
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2025
Pages: 128
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
Series: Udyr
Serienummer: 2
ISBN/EAN: 9788202863333
Age: 10 - 14
Overview Udyr – Ingen steder å gjemme seg

In Beasts, we left Abid and Alva on the edge of survival, fleeing through the forest and reaching the ocean with the beasts on their heels. On the final page, they rushed into a small rubber boat, heading toward the unknown dark sea.

Now, in Nowhere To Hide, Abid and Alva’s desperate journey continues. Their small rubber boat battles its way through the waves, heading for Shetland in search of sanctuary and their father. Fortunately, they are rescued by a small ship and manage to cross the sea. Finally safe on the island they are placed in a refugee camp along with several hundred others. Here they are safe from the beasts – for now. But two children alone in a world filled with lurking dangers, are never truly safe.

Then, one evening it turns out that Shetland isn’t as far from mainland Europe as one might think. The beasts attack the camp and Abid and Alva are on the run – again. Alone and terrified, they flee towards Lerwick, to warn about the coming danger, to find their father and, finally, safety.

Ingvild Bjerkeland continues to draw readers into this haunting universe with this intense and thrilling sequel. Even though it tells a different story, Nowhere to Hide, still lets us witness the unbreakable bond between siblings as they navigate a world on the brink of collapse.

«Ingvild Bjerkeland is skilled at building a creepy atmosphere, it doesn't surprise me that she has a doctorate in film studies, because many of the moments here would do well on film.»
NRK

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Reviews Udyr – Ingen steder å gjemme seg

Brutalt om barn på flukt 07.04.2025

Grøssende fantasy­fortelling kunne ikke vært mer aktuell.

Jeg applauderer barnebok­forfattere som åpner øynene våre for verdens urett gjennom fiksjons­fortellinger.

Ingvild Bjerkeland er dyktig i å skape spenning. Det overrasker meg ikke at hun har en doktorgrad i film­vitenskap, for mange av scenene her ville gjort seg skikkelig bra på film.

Hvert kapittel avsluttes av en cliffhanger, slik at leserne blir dratt med fra side til side. Det er et utmerket grep, ikke minst for å hjelpe dem som er mindre trent i å lese lengre tekster.

... jeg kan levende se for meg lesere som ønsker seg flere udyr.

 
Anne Cathrine Straume, NRK

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Author Ingvild Bjerkeland

Ingvild Bjerkeland (b. 1981) has studied writing, and have now authored several books for children and teens. For her novel Beasts (2023) she won ARK's Children's Book Prize (2023), and earned nominations to the Nordic Council's Children and Young People's Literature Prize and The Avid Reader Award.

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