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Hilda Bumblevik and the Mystery at Søder Manor
Children's Books2023 · 320 pp · Age 9 - 12

Hilda Bumblevik and the Mystery at Søder Manor

Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen

Despite the fact that Hilda learned that her mother’s fiancé, Timian, is a horrible man, the wedding is now just around the corner. And if there’s something Hilda does not want, it’s being Timian Søder’s stepdaughter. Good friends and a book called “sabotaging the psychopath” could be the solution. But what happens when you, in the middle of the fun sabotage mission which involves itching powder, a Turkish special and fake dates, discover a secret which could have horrendous consequences? A secret guarded by the Bernetsen duo, a dangerous dog and maybe worst of all: Timian’s aging mother. Hilda Bumblevik and the Mystery at Søder Manor is the second book in the series about Hilda. A series full of humour, mysteries, and some really scary scenes, perfect for fans of the William Wenton-books by Robbie Peers.

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Where Do Words Come From?
Children's Books2023 · 128 pp · Age 9+

Where Do Words Come From?

Ingebjørg Tonne / Helene Uri

Our language is around us all the time, and we use hundreds of words every single day. Some words are funny to pronounce, some are complicated, some sound foreign. But where do they really come from? Etmyology is the study of the history of the form of words – the history of and the history about words. Many think it’s exciting knowing where words come from, and in this beautifully illustrated book, big and small readers get lots of interesting material to frolic in. Because the ciabatta does after all taste extra good when you know the word really means ‘slipper’ in Italian. And maybe you’ll jump up even quicker when the fire alarm sounds, and you know that alarm means ‘to weapon’? Windows are wind eyes, a hole where the wind can blow through. Shampoo is a Hindi word, which means to massage.

Proud
Children's Books2023 · 128 pp · Age 9+

Proud

Benjamin Baarli Silseth

Proud is a book that celebrates diversity and uniqueness. Proud is about being Queer, both now and before, about how to be a friend and an ally, about gender identity, love and sexuality, and about important people who have stood at the forefront of the fight for gay rights. Why do we celebrate Pride? What's legal and illegal? Is queer love actually different? And what do you say if a friend confides in you about their own sexuality?With this book, the goal is to break taboos and to make all readers feel more safe in themselves and pride in who they are.Author Benjamin Silseth is a psychologist, he is queer, and has a strong passion for children's and youth's mental health.

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Beasts
Children's Books2023 · 96 pp · Age 9+

Beasts

Ingvild Bjerkeland

What happens when society suddenly breaks down, when strange and scary creatures roam the countryside, and no human can be trusted? Abdi (13) and his little sister Alva (5) are running through the forest. Civilization has collapsed. Their mother and countless others have been murdered by terrifying beasts. No electricity or fuel is left. And the people that are still alive, are hiding – from the beasts and from each other. We follow Abdi and Alva for a few, intense days through the forest and towards the sea, with the beasts at their heels. Who can they trust along the way? And will they get to safety? Beasts is Cormac McCarthy’s The Road for children: Shudderingly creepy and incredible – and easy to read. An original thriller for readers 10 years and older. WINNER OF ARKS BOKHANDLERPRIS (ARK'S CHILDREN'S LITERATURE PRIZE) NOMINATED TO THE AVID READER AWARD NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCIL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE PRIZE 24 Horror for children gets darkerThe dilemma in «Beasts» is actually that it's so good and believable.AFTENPOSTENWhat a story!«Beasts» is one of the highlights within children's literature this spring.BOK365, five/six stars ... a quick, enjoyable read ...THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) ... Bjerkeland evokes the failed adult world, the injustice that plays itself out on children. The story’s brevity and abrupt forcefulness, and the characters’ stalwart courage and love, make this tale unusually compelling. HORN BOOKS (US), starred review Chilling.... «Beasts» combines the timelessness of a fairy tale with the stark immediacy of contemporary dystopian fiction.FOREWORD (US), starred review Spare, thrilling.... A sense of urgency simmers beneath every line of prose.... Beasts will appeal to readers of survival classics such as Hatchet with its realistic illustrations of Abdi’s dogged problemsolving, but will also please those who enjoy stories with supernatural antagonists in pursuit of their prey, like «The Walking Dead» or «The Last of Us».BOOKPAGE (US) [An] atmospheric and harrowing horror novel.... Readers will enjoy the quick pacing and postapocalyptic Odyssey feel of this brief but powerful tale.PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (US) Drips with eerie atmosphere and moves at a taut pace. Abdi’s first-person narrative balances the unsettling events with his poignant thoughts and feelings about caring for his younger sister, whose irrepressible attitude is a welcome lightness in this disquieting tale.... Middle-grade readers looking for something scary but not too gory will appreciate the mood cultivated here.BOOKLIST (US) [For] those just beginning to learn the [horror] genre, this is a magnificent introduction—spare, tense, gory just at the edges, and tightly focused on the siblings, creating a heightened sense of connection and investment in their survival.... Chilling.BCCB (US) Younger readers will be rapt; all will find the pervasive air of distress that permeates the tale palpable.... Highly appealing for a great many horror readers, new and old.KIRKUS (US) Bjerkeland walks a careful line between being mindful of her audience’s age while refusing to shrink from the truth. Filled with tension and a few heart-pounding moments, Beasts never fully strays into the darker recesses like its postapocalyptic adult cousins The Road or I Who Have Never Known Men, yet it also resists easy answers or a storybook ending.WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS (US) It is a nearly perfect novel for young readers. I wish I had written it myself.NSK (Sweden) It is deeply touching, believable and full of suspense. The ending is left open. Beasts have the potential to stay on the reader's mind for a long time.BTJ (Sweden) [...] with Beasts she has undoubtedly delivered one of the most exciting books of the year.DAGENS NYHETER (Sweden) This should not be missed!Vi läser (Sweden) One of BOK365's best books of 2023The apocalyptic science fiction novel, with horror elements dispersed throughout, is guaranteed to keep young, impatient readers captivated from the first line. It will also get them to reflect over some of our huge current global challenges. One of Aftenposten's best books of 2023Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland is reminiscent of the classic The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The children in Beasts have seen their mother killed by animals that are on the brink of eradicate humanity. They also meet someone willing to sacrifice themselves for them. It is really intriguing in a rather scary way.

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The Key
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2023 · 120 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Key

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

Two Hulders are trying to steal Tyri’s medallion, a key she has promised her father to protect at all costs. Tyri and Peter realize something is going on, and they must hide the key. At the midnight market in Oslo's Royal Park, they meet Bhurai, who reveals that the key protects the Floral, an ancient and powerful magical artifact. If the Floral's power is unleashed, it could have devastating consequences for the world. Together, Peter and Tyri descend further into the underground city, facing unknown dangers in their quest to protect the artifact. This is the second book in a critically acclaimed urban and magical graphic novel about friendship and commitment, based on fairytales, folklore and intense action. Aleksander Kirkwood Brown is skilled at creating exciting and original stories, based mostly on fairytales and Norse folklore. Kirkwood Brown is original in the sense that he combines the vernacular folklore traditions with an urban, modern story and personal challenges which contemporary readers can recognise. Luis Guaragna is a well-known and talented graphic novel illustrator with an international career. In The Undercities series he wishes to combine his own Italian-Argentinian background with the Norwegian world of fiction. Both his illustrations and characters are rich with traces of folkloric traditions – emphasising that the population of the Underground City is just as diverse as those of us who live above ground. Reviews «The second book in the Undercities series makes the reader thirst for more. ... a refreshing and different fantasy title.»Empirix «Undercities 2: The Key does exactly what the middle part of a fantasy trilogy should do; it sharpens the conflicts, expands the universe, and pumps up the tension ahead of the grand finale.»D2 «Magical realism is a literary term, but with The Undercities series one may be able to launch a new term: realistic magic. Brown and Guaragna manage to bring people and supernatural beings to life in a very convincing way.»Serienett.no

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All About Periods
Children's Books2022 · 160 pp · Age 9+

All About Periods

Silje Sirnes Winje

Norwegian girls are ashamed of their period. A recent survey shows that more than half of us find it embarrassing to talk about our period. 62 per cent of us have received comments linking our mood to our period, and 82 per cent of 15 to 19-year-olds feel dirty when they have their period. A woman has more than 450 periods, or 2,250 days of menstruation, in one lifetime. We cannot accept that there are so many days in girls’ and women’s lives where many feel ashamed or are excluded from opportunities that boys and men have.16 famous Norwegian women and girls tell the story of the first time they had their period, and each story is accompanied by a fact box about different aspects of having a period.

Blücher’s Secret
Children's Books2022 · 144 pp · Age 9+

Blücher’s Secret

Alexander Løken

Avid Reader Award winner Alexander Løken takes us to the summer idyll of Drøbak. But all is not as it seems in the early summer sun. When crabs attack in droves and the sea radiates a dark force that threatens to pull her into its depths, it’s no wonder that Kit (14) would rather go home. When Blücher sank in Drøbak Sound on 9 April 1940, it had a mysterious passenger on board. Gottfried, a young boy with unique and terrifying powers, sat in a bulletproof iron tank. The tank—and the boy—went down with the ship, but now, after 70 years, things have started to emerge … When a neighbour asks whether Kit has experienced anything she can’t explain, she gets really scared. What does he know? What is happening in Drøbak Sound, and why now? YA horror with links back to 9 April 1940.

Embla
Children's Books2022 · 64 pp · Age 9+

Embla

Arild Midthun / Bjørn H. Samset

Climate researcher Bjørn H. Samset and cartoonist Arild Midthun have joined forces to create Embla, an exciting graphic novel that shows us what is happening to our planet while also giving us research-based knowledge about the choices we will have to make. Through an exciting fictional tale, Bjørn H. Samset and Arild Midthun want to share knowledge about the climate changes that our planet is going through and show what challenges we will face when choosing a strategy for the future. On a trip to New York, someone attempts to mug young blogger Embla, and suddenly she finds herself in the world of the gods and jötnar, where she encounters opponents and challenges the likes of which she could never have imagined. It is she—as a human—who must save the world. An original and important eye-opener for young readers!Midthun and Samset have accomplished the feat of turning the climate issue into an educational and visually engaging comic book.Serienett.no I was thrilled to see this book - my hopes were extremely high - and it doesn't disappoint. Wonderful work throughout. Hugely recommended. Mike Perkins

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Finally Summer, Rikka
Children's Books2022 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Finally Summer, Rikka

Maiken Nylund

Finally Summer, Rikka is about being 11 years old and moving between childhood and adolescence. Heartbreak, divorce and friends who change: the stories about Rikka are important and relatable—and full of empathy and love. The summer holidays are finally here, but Jimmy has moved away and doesn’t want to be Rikka’s boyfriend anymore. Dad has to work, Liva can’t be bothered with anything, and suddenly all Rikka’s siblings have better things to do with their holidays. In the end, only Rikka goes to Grandma’s for two weeks—just like she always has. These summer holidays haven’t started at all like Rikka had thought they would! Suddenly she finds herself having to do things she doesn’t quite dare … Finally Summer, Rikka is Maiken Nylund’s fourth book about Rikka.

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Hilda Bumblevik and The People Who Disappeared
Children's Books2022 · 304 pp · Age 9 - 12

Hilda Bumblevik and The People Who Disappeared

Irmelin Persdatter Gustavsen

Hilda Bumblevik’s life is turned upside down when a sleazy man with bad intentions captures her mother’s heart. Instead of going on an awesome summer holiday they have to move to the town of Søderdal where Hilda soon notices that everything isn’t as it should be. Who is the pale man on the stairs outside the abandoned sanatorium? Why are the teachers at school so peculiar? And what is her stepfather Timian really hiding in the attic of their new house in Coffin Street? Hilda Bumblevik and The People Who Disappeared is an impressive debut novel and coming-of-age-story, full of suspense, mystery, and humour.REVIEWS A smashing debutWhat a universe of delightful characters. What a universe of humour, horror, excitement and drama. What a debut. Prepare to bite your nails, grin and laugh. Hilda Bumblevik will have you hooked in no time.FIVE/SIX STARSFredriksstad blad Pageturner for young readers(…) a very entertaining debut, and a gift for any school librarian or bookseller looking for new fodder to hungry readers. Gustavsen keeps the excitement high, and keeps the reader in the dark just long enough so they’ll keep wanting more. There’s never a dull moment. FIVE/SIX STARSBOK365.NO Thrilling horrorIt's a joy to read this book. Also for a grown-up! Gustavsen has a way with words and a linguistic excess that you can just sit back and enjoy. While the complications and mysteries pile up, Hilda opens up little pockets of air and humour with her absent-minded digressions.Klassekampen Confident thrillerThe debut is characterised by warm humour, excitement and surprising horror.Periskop.no

Celebrity Crush
Children's Books2022 · 192 pp · Age 9+

Celebrity Crush

Kirsti Kristoffersen

What if your crush suddenly became the most famous person in the country? Celebrity Crush is the first book in a trilogy by Kirsti Kristoffersen, who probably knows more about fan culture that almost anyone else in Norway. Hanging out with Grandma at a remote campground was not exactly how Karoline had pictured spending her summer vacation, but here she is. On Instagram everyone else is obviously having a way better summer than her – including her increasingly distant best friend. But then she meets Mathias. Mathias is cute, funny and kind – and Karoline falls hard. Everything is perfect, but there’s something a bit odd about Mathias. What is he hiding? The scene is set for love, drama and a shock. First love, first kiss, and a campground. Hurray for teen love! - *****Co-reviewer Molly Nagel [12 years old] is in the target audience and sped through the book in record time. And was delighted. 'I can’t wait to read the next two books. I give it a five out of six stars!'NETTAVISEN Celebrity crush is a feelgood holiday read for teenagers. […] The novel evokes the feeling that ‘anything’ can happen on summer holiday, regardless of where you are. Kristoffersen puts into words what many experience at that age, to not know whether the friendship will survive growth and development. The book engages me and makes me almost – almost – nostalgic about that first all-consuming love.PERISKOP.NO

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Celebrity Gossip
Children's Books2022 · 192 pp · Age 9+

Celebrity Gossip

Kirsti Kristoffersen

What if the person you love suddenly became the most famous person in the country?Karoline’s boyfriend is about to become the biggest popstar in the country, with opportunities lining up for him as several record labels want to sign him. Mathias is now a real pop star and Karoline gets to join him in his new world of tours, signings, release parties and interviews. She’s clinging on as much as she can, but it’s not easy to adapt to everything around Mathias’s new life. Especially not when his fans would prefer for him to be single and for Karoline not to exist. Their relationship is really put to the test when an interviewer asks Mathias whether he has a girlfriend on live TV, and he answers no. What will Karoline do? Is Mathias the same person he used to be, or is the pop star life starting to go to his head? Celebrity Gossip is the third book in a trilogy by Kirsti Kristoffersen, who probably knows more about fan culture that almost anyone else in Norway.

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