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THE ZAPATA BROTHERS
Children's Books2014 · 104 pp · Age 9+

THE ZAPATA BROTHERS

Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen

Cat brothers Blackboot (a staunch outdoor cat) and Whitetache (a staunch indoor cat) lose their provider one day and have to venture out into the world to fend for themselves. They have a strenuous journey full of sorrow, love, friendship, corruption and music ahead of them. Brødrene Zapata is an unparalleled picture book. A revolutionary and educational journey through a dangerous yet alluring Mexican desert landscape. ‘Playful, cheery and wonderful [...] It is like a dramatic song of destiny, a kind of polyphonic fado about the struggle for existence. [...] The story is witty with a lot of rhyming and wordplay. But the book is also a loving salute to Mexican national hero Zapata, to revolutionary singers of the past and to people living under violent regimes. [...] Rebolledo Pedersen and Brøgger are two storytellers who work exceptionally well together. [...] Brødrene Zapata is a brilliant mix of nonsense and seriousness. A lively tale of life and death.’DAGBLADET ‘The text is written in rhyme with lines interspersed across illustrated spreads. [...] Around these, illustrator Lilian Brøgger has really been allowed free reign with her expressive felt tip drawings. She zooms in and out, from intrusive close-ups to small details. [...] In important places in the book, the black cat White Tache needs to relate to important human problems. The poetry is beautiful when he tries to understand his brother’s death, and the final moral when he sums up his own destiny is very powerful...’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO ‘Brødrene Zapata is an unusually successful collaboration between the poet Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and the equally talented illustrator Lilian Brøgger […] a wonderful and well thought out book, almost like a thick comic strip novel. […] This is a profound psychological tale of loss, doubt, sacrifice and faith that most of us will recognise. […] An unbelievable arsenal of imaginative animals and people that are very aptly caricatured. […] Lilian’s ability to create credible scenes is astonishing. That is why she also allows herself to create gruesome scenes. They are a necessity of the story itself […] Torgeir’s text is clever, funny and sometimes quite raw.’Numer 1/2015

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Doomsday Can Wait
Children's Books2014 · 192 pp · Age 9 - 12

Doomsday Can Wait

Levi Henriksen

Astrid will soon have a little brother, but that's not exactly top of any 13-year-old's wishlist. Luckily there's a better option: new best friend and neighbour, Matt. But things aren't exactly simple when it comes to Matt, either – his parents are preparing themselves for doomsday! And it soon becomes clear that the forest around Matt's house conceals Things even worse than doomsday preparations. The first book about Astrid, Engelen i Djevelgapet, is sold to Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland and Sweden.

BOYS VS. GIRLS
Children's Books2014 · 108 pp · Age 9 - 12

BOYS VS. GIRLS

Janne Aasebø Johnsen

This is the standalone sequel to Operasjon jentebursdag. Once again we encounter the wonderful and unexpected friendship between Hjalmar and Birger. Hjalmar has a father in the military who would happily serve field rations for dinner. Birger crochets mobile phone covers in a handicrafts group he attends with his mother. But they share a great interest: girls. And this interest causes problems once again when the cool – and cute – Victoria starts in their class.

If You Lie
Children's Books2014 · 144 pp · Age 9+

If You Lie

Thomas Marco Blatt

Thomas Marco Blatt, winner of the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize, has written a beautiful and crystal clear examination of the all-consuming experience of first love. Protagonist Klara isn't in love with Matias, like everybody thinks, but her neighbour Sofie, two years her senior. Without verging on the speculative, Blatt lays the foundations for an enterprising narrative about first love with additional challenges. This is a universal story about the dawn of love's existence for any individual, and the fact that every gain made in adulthood is met with a loss of childhood. ‘Writing for children is not a problem for Blatt. His telling of Klara’s story is as neat as it is nimble. … A recent visit to the local book shop revealed that mystery and fantasy books are dominating the shelves. I won’t say a word against this genre, but children need variation. Not everyone likes ghosts and magic. Hvis du lyver is a welcome addition. This is an open and easily read story about love which is neither raucous nor speculative.’ DAGBLADET Beautiful and important ‘Finally! A novel with homosexuality as its theme without lengthy self-examinations and subsequent identity crises. […] Klara’s fascination for the tough team goalkeeper donned in dungarees shot with holes seems heartfelt. A series of dreams underline the fact that the love that exists within her is deep and natural. Equally believable is the social pressure that forces her to choose a boyfriend, a role adopted by her best friend Matias. […] Blatt has authored a unique book. […] He has succeeded in capturing Klara’s struggle to have her feelings taken seriously and has transformed this into a universal tale of first love.’ BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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INGHILL + CARLA = TRUE LOVE
Children's Books2014 · 264 pp · Age 9 - 12

INGHILL + CARLA = TRUE LOVE

Ingeborg Arvola

Inghill loves Carla, her pony. She loves riding, jumping and flying through the air on the back of the world’s most beautiful pony. But now Carla is injured and limping on her hind leg, so Inghill cannot ride her. She can’t even walk her. And it doesn’t look like it’ll get better. It helps somewhat to ride other ponies, but none of them are as good as Carla. None of them ARE Carla. Inghill’s love of horses is on its way to being replaced by horse sorrow thanks to the loss of Carla. This is Ingeborg Arvola’s third book about Inghill and Carla. A horse trilogy for all horse lovers, but also for all book lovers. Heroines like Inghill are few and far between. A tough girl with a big heart which beats loud and clear for those being bullied, those experiencing injustice and, of course, for horses!

MARADONA’S GOAL
Children's Books2014 · 208 pp · Age 9 - 12

MARADONA’S GOAL

Arild Stavrum

Mikke is despairing. Once again he is an average football player on Clausenengen’s boys’ team. The magic from Maradona’s captain’s armband, which Mikke found in Naples and which made him a fantastic football player for a while, is gone. Clausenengen will only beat Nordlandet and Sondre Goma in the Norway Cup, if Mikke, Hansa and Shearer don’t find new items of clothing that Maradona wore when he played. And where better to look than in Maradona’s home town, Buenos Aires? The magic is gone. The hunt continues. Game on! Maradonas mål is the second book in Stavrum’s football trilogy. Football, feel-good and magic! ‘Arild Stavrum has written a wonderful book about friendship, football, scary villains, lovers and superstars! [...] In this book, author Arild Stavrum also shows his magical powers. Or to be more precise, magical storytelling powers. [...] Here you will find excitement, action and football magic that surpasses your wildest dreams.’Kickerz 12/2014‘The narrative tempo is fast with short, clear chapters. [...] Stavrum writes a lot of humour and warmth into the story, in the uncertainty of the main character’s romantic relationship with Kari and his close relationship with his father. It is here that author Stavrum’s best qualities are revealed. [...] Stavrum subtly peppers the text with fascinating football history.’Romsdals Budstikke

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The troll skull
Children's Books2014 · 208 pp · Age 9+

The troll skull

Alexander Løken

Christiania, 1887 The eccentric collector has come into possession of a mystical skull, and sends an expedition force to the deepest forests of Østerdal to investigate whether the skull could be that of a troll. 14-year-old orphan and errand boy Edvard Frost suddenly finds himself on a train in his role as Professor Wolf's assistant and the guardian of the skull. Edvard is sure of himself on the streets of Christiania, but among the pine trees, mountains and tough village girls he feels isolated. Out here is a life that he never thought he'd experience – and creatures he never believed existed. Norway's history teems with trolls and wood nymphs, but where have they gone? Why don't we see them any longer? Where can they be hiding? Stylish and brutal‘The winning factor in Løken’s work is the way the narrative and novel form are situated well over 100 years back in time. It creates a retro vibe that is just as full of stylish charm as it is of suspense, and a good dose of troll combat! Most thrilling, however, is how terrifying and quite simply foul the trolls are […] He makes sure to bestow the trolls with a threatening presence that they have long lacked. All the while, Løken has created a highly interesting group to embark upon the dangerous expedition. […] And it is soon revealed that Alexander Løken commands a style and language that is splendidly suited to dealing with the book’s content. Injecting life back into trolls within Norwegian thrillers for children is no simple task, but he carries this off with aplomb. Trollskallen is a characteristically Norwegian fantasy novel, just as original as it is expertly accomplished.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD ‘Løken is skilled at building up excitement, and the trepidation quickly creeps up on the reader whether in rainy city streets or deep, dark forests. The author's efficient use of language has much to commend it: concise sentences and good use of perspective frequently make the reader jump when surprises emerge from unexpected places. […] I’m glad that the conclusion paves the way for a sequel.’Dagbladet A brutal expedition in a Norwegian wonderland‘Debut author Alexander Løken has written a spirited thriller that makes use of content from Norwegian fairytales and narrative patterns with their foundation in European storytelling traditions. The novel exists comfortably within the genre boundaries on both a stylistic and thematic level. There’s barely a moment for the reader to catch their breath – from start to finish the novel seems to whizz by as good and evil once again pit themselves against one another. […] The plot is convincingly composed, with several threads that must be drawn together; we must hope that the small remaining knots in the intertwining web of narrative threads are detangled in a sequel. Løken has created a thrilling and appealing world.’Barnebokkritikk.no

Over Every Hurdle
Children's Books2013 · 256 pp · Age 9+

Over Every Hurdle

Ingeborg Arvola

Carla, the world's best pony, is safe in her stable at the riding school, and Inghill couldn't be happier. The very best thing imaginable is to practice jumps with Carla, and Inghill's dream is to beat everyone at showjumping, but if that's ever to happen she has to learn to control Carla. She also has to learn to control herself. Luckily she has a natural talent. Unfortunately she doesn't have a horsebox – and it's something she'd really like... Over alle hindre is the second book about Inghill, the horse-loving girl from Tromsø.

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Zombie Bjarne
Children's Books2013 · 208 pp · Age 9 - 12

Zombie Bjarne

Sigbjørn Mostue

Not all neighbours are equally nice. Emma and Emil’s neighbor is the headmaster of their school. What’s more, he’s the kind of headmaster you need to look out for – strict and scary. This Christmas, Bjarne is taking a cruise to the Caribbean. But when he returns home, something has happened to him. Emma and Emil discover that their own headmaster has become a reallife zombie – a member of the living dead, with an enormous appetite for childrens’ brains! But Bjarne also has a powder which turns him into Emma and Emil’s docile servant! What can you accomplish when you have full control over the school headmaster? Free lessons and sweets galore! But Bjarne’s hunger for child brains is voracious, and no pupil is safe with a zombie loose around school! Emma and Emil have their hands full keeping Bjarne under control, to say the very least. Get ready for an adventure that is just as riotous and hilarious as it is hideous and hair-raising!

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The Last Magician 3
Children's Books2012 · 320 pp · Age 9+

The Last Magician 3

Sigbjørn Mostue

Belz the cat is trapped in Gnosis Hollow, whilst Ebub remains on the loose. Gregers' globe has disappeared, and now Simen and Benedicte discover that Gnosis Hollow is being guarded by Nimrod, the magician hunter. There's only a certain amount of time before Nimrod finds the secret entrance to the hollow. Should that happen, all will be lost! But there is a magic that remains preserved in the most magical place on earth: Disney World in Florida. In one way or another, Simen and Benedicte must make their way there. Ebub lies in wait behind the scenes, and before long Benedicte is captured by Nimrod and taken to their headquarters in London. Simen realises that he faces his life's greatest and most dangerous mission. Is the magic really worth risking his life for? This is the final book in the trilogy about the magician's apprentice, Simen.

The Angel in Devil’s Gorge
Children's Books2012 · 208 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Angel in Devil’s Gorge

Levi Henriksen

Astrid Baros is forced to accept that she can't be a child forever. She's forced to accept that she is growing and that things are changing. Plus, she has to accept that her parents are divorcing. No, actually, cross out that last part. THEY WILL NEVER DIVORCE! Astrid makes a naughty but also rather nice plan to reunite Mum and Dad. Ever so astutely she tricks them into returning to Devil's Gorge, the small Swedish island where they once camped back when they were a proper family. What she doesn't know is that on the same island a group of inconsiderate hostage takers have brought their kidnapped victim – a millionaire heir. Astrid places herself and her parents in a predicament so critical that only an angel can save them…‘…the plot in this children’s book, well suited to be read aloud, is fascinating because Levi Henriksen has chosen a sad subject – a child with divorced parents – and he lets Astrid tell us about it with power, hope and humor.’Politiken, Denmark ‘Top class action for children … At the bottom of this exciting and dramatic book lies the trauma that the divorce creates for Astrid … Most impressively, in addition to an imaginative, strong and action driven plot, is the description of the resourceful, sensitive and stubborn girl who invests everything in making her parents come together again.’Fædrelandsvennen‘…Engelen i Djevelgapet is exciting to read for old and young alike … I do not know how Henriksen has worked in his research phase, but he reveals an admirable insight into the child’s temper and mind.’Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen ‘Good children’s crime fiction … it might well be that Engelen i Djevelgapet is the start of a series of children’s books from Levi Henriksen – within the classical tradition. Because this book shows that there’s room for him there.’Hamar Arbeiderblad ‘A fresh addition to the literary children of divorced parents … [Astrid] is a competent child à la Lindgren, but at the same time a modern manipulator who lies and borrows without asking if necessary. She really is a delightful acquaintance. … A controversy with armed criminals makes for a mix of genres which satisfies everyone with a hunger for suspense.’Bergens Tidende

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The World Liberators
Children's Books2012 · 200 pp · Age 9+

The World Liberators

Simon Stranger

New, freestanding book about Emilie, with whom we are already acquainted from Stranger's last young person's novel, Barsakh.In this new text, Emilie becomes involved in a youth protest group known as The World Liberators. The protest group is made up of young people of Emilie's age and a little older, and gives an outlet for their opinions on issues such as child labour, cruelty to animals, etc. Things begins with innocent protests, but soon develop into something increasingly more advanced – not to mention risky.The World Liberators is a thrilling political novel for young people.

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