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What is a human?
Children's Books2021 · 112 pp · Age 9 - 12

What is a human?

Vibeke Maria Viestad

The incredible story of how we became us and why the other human species vanished. How many human species lived before Homo sapiens – and how did they live? What kind of houses did they live in? What did they eat? How did they survive the cold winters or the hot climate? What did they wear and what did their children play with? And how have researchers managed to find out about all these things? In this book, researcher and archaeologist Vibeke Viestad goes through the history of humanity, conveying knowledge about how inventive humans have been over the ages. The book is funny with brightly coloured illustrations by Helena Lindholm, known for the Kokotopia books.

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Handbook for Young Antiracists
Children's Books2021 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

Handbook for Young Antiracists

Tinashe Williamson

Handbook for young antiracists by Tinashe Willamson put the spotlight on the important topic of racism. Through ten chapters and ten fictional characters Williamson answers questions about what racism really is, why representation is important and what you can do if someone is discriminated against because of the colour of their skin. Racism is a complicated topic for grown-ups to navigate, and many find it hard to talk to their children about it. For what can you say? Where do you begin? This engaging, including and thorough book is written in the form of a diary, with tasks and conversations that the children can easily bring up at home or with their friends or classmates. The goal is to pass on the knowledge to the generation that is growing up now, to give them the feeling that they have the power to change the world. Together we are stronger, and by just acknowledging the problem we can do something about it. This is the perfect book on the topic for children 9 years and up, and it works just as well at home as in a teaching situation. Tinashe Williamson has written a book that is easy to understand and utterly engaging. The book obviously has great potential to start important conversations between people from different generations. DAGBLADET

Rights soldSold to 5 territories
Mulanosaurus Rex
Children's Books2021 · 104 pp · Age 9+

Mulanosaurus Rex

Øyvind Torseter

In Mulanosaurus Rex, Mule Boy has landed a job at the Natural History museum but he has one major problem: he needs a truly sensational dinosaur for the exhibition. Afraid of ending up unemployed, he joins forces with the President, who is on a quest to find the last ever dinosaur in order to produce more oil and petrol. Together this odd couple set out on a crazy quest to capture a dinosaur that is threatened with extinction. Things don’t go quite according to plan. Mulanosaurus Rex is the fourth book about Mule Boy, a quartet of graphic novels that blend myth, adventure and social commentary, in text and images. Mule Boy’s skewed and somewhat alienated universe enables us to see ourselves and our society with fresh eyes.

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Rikka Doesn’t Give Up
Children's Books2021 · 152 pp · Age 9 - 12

Rikka Doesn’t Give Up

Maiken Nylund

About being almost 11 and constantly having to go back and forth between your parents, about the people around you wanting to decide everything and the fact that your boyfriend is suddenly about to move away. It isn’t easy being Rikka. Who’s she going to hang out with if Jimmy moves and Lise has become friends with Gitte, who has always been mean to Rikka? A warm and relatable book about friendship, enmity and maybe a touch of heartache.

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The Castle
Children's Books2021 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Castle

Agnar Lirhus

Twelve-year-old Tor and his friends break into The Castle one night to take revenge on Tommy who didn’t invite them to the year’s coolest birthday pool party for their class. The Castle is a luxury hotel and Tommy is the owner’s son. But what starts off as an innocent revenge suddenly develops into something far more dramatic. Because Tor spots a girl through the basement window who doesn’t look like a regular hotel guest. Tor sneaks inside on subsequent nights and eventually discovers that there’s something funny going on at the Castle. Why is million-dollar art disappearing? Why does the girl have to stay in the basement? And where do they come from, all those members of staff? The Castle is a novel about injustice, friendship and the stirrings of emotion between boy and girl.

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The Mindspinner
Children's Books2021 · 352 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Mindspinner

Vibeke Koehler

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 trilogy. ‘Everything is at stake, the tapestry 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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Benny and the Ghosts of Nowhere
Children's Books2020 · 168 pp · Age 9 - 12

Benny and the Ghosts of Nowhere

Tom Erik Fure

Benny and the Ghosts of Nowhere finds Benny and the gang swept up in a new adventure brimming with humor, chills, and romance. Benny's world is turned upside down when his crush, Ken, arrives for a prolonged sleepover. Additionally, Benny has a new nemesis in the form of Magda-Rose’s ruthless daughter-in-law, who has sold Magda-Rose’s mansion and sent her off to an awful retirement home. With Magda-Rose quickly losing hope and withering away, Benny must do everything in his power to save her, vanquish her horrible daughter-in-law, come to terms with his feelings for Ken, and get rid of the new occupants of Magda-Rose’s mansion. And surely nobody wants to live in a haunted house, do they?

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Buffy By Gets Inspired
Children's Books2020 · 256 pp · Age 9 - 12

Buffy By Gets Inspired

Ingeborg Arvola

A new book about Buffy By, the a poor girl from rich Oslo! Buffy has given up her slalom dreams, but now she’s keen to go somewhere for the summer holidays. Can they persuade Mum to borrow Bolla’s holiday cabin? It isn’t not easy when Mum doesn’t want to end up owing other people favours. But Buffy isn’t one to give up, even though she has no boyfriend, no bus fare and no wheels on her suitcase. Buffy By is here to stay – and that’s a good thingBARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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The Edward Rubikon Mysteries: The Demon City
Children's Books2020 · 168 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Edward Rubikon Mysteries: The Demon City

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

Ghostbusters meets Stranger Things in an adventure series for 7+. Edward Rubikon is a monster hunter. Together with his friends Kasper and Nadira, he tries to keep the little town of Grimsrud free of ghosts and other supernatural beings. But now Edward has got sick of it: he’s decided to shelve his investigations and become like everybody else. Unfortunately, the demons have other plans. Will Kasper and Nadira have to sort this one out alone?

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What happened to you?
Self Help / Children's Books2020 · 216 pp · Age 9 - 12

What happened to you?

Jenny Jordahl

Janne isn’t like the rest of her family. That’s what Grandma says. The others are slim, while Janne is big. What happened to her, really? Grandma isn’t the only one who comments on Janne’s appearance. People at school do too. Janne is comfort eating and cutting herself off from others, but suddenly her parents suggest a solution to the problem: She’ll get 100 kroner for every kilo she loses. Janne goes along with the agreement and slowly but surely, she gets smaller. But does she get any happier? And does it solve her real problems? What Happened to You? is a powerful, brave and thought-provoking graphic novel about friendship, being an outsider and living with eating disorders. Jenny Jordahl (best know as the illustrator of the international bestseller Women in Battle) delivers an important and absorbing story for children and young people aged 9 and older.WINNER OF THE 2020 BRAGE PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG READERS!The Brage Prize Jury said: The winner of the category Children’s and Young Adult Literature addresses serious issues which leave an impression on the reader. Yet the book is easy to read and shows great concern for – and confidence in – its young readers. This year’s winning entry is an important work that engages the reader through different techniques: The succinct dialogue between the characters is illustrated with vivid drawings, and it is intense in both form and content. Clear use of colour, non-verbal features and the visual representation of the central character’s inner life all contribute to enhancing her range of emotions. The winner of this year’s prize is an established writer and illustrator with a book that lets us get close to a child with an eating disorder. Congratulations to Jenny Jordahl for winning the Brage Prize for her graphic novel: What Happened to You? Reviews: Strong as well as entertaining book on a difficult subject.AFTENPOSTENThis book can be used as a starting point for important talks both at school and at home. NRK

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Now or Never, Rikka
Children's Books2020 · 144 pp · Age 9 - 12

Now or Never, Rikka

Maiken Nylund

About being ten, with a mum in one town and a dad in another – and a very sweet boy living next door. Just as Rikka walks out of the door, Jimmy comes cycling up the hill. Rikka bounds down the steps in two leaps and sits on the fence that separates their yards. She’s freezing, but that doesn’t matter. She hopes he’ll never leave. That he’ll stay here with her for the rest of the day. Maiken Nylund made her debut last year with Rikke for Real and Forever and this is the sequel. This time, there’s a bit more about being in love, but also about having divorced parents, about younger siblings and cousins, and about nasty classmates who’ll do pretty much anything to make sure that Jimmy won’t discover Rikka. Maiken Nylund has an incredible talent for dealing with the topics that concern her target group – and does it with a voice and intimacy that really hit home.

Rights soldSold to Denmark and Ukraine
Benny and the Christmas Calamity
Children's Books2019 · 152 pp · Age 9 - 12

Benny and the Christmas Calamity

Tom Erik Fure

Benny and the Christmas Calamity is an uproarious and heartwarming story about yearning for the traditions of Christmases past, doing whatever it takes to preserve those traditions at any cost, whilst simultaneously navigating the rollercoaster that is tween life. Nobody loves Christmas more than Benny. Traditional Christmas, that is. The way it’s always been. So, imagine his surprise when his parents announce, only two days before Christmas, that the family will be celebrating Christmas in the Canary Islands this year! And what’s worse: they’ll be traveling – and celebrating Christmas (!) – with friends of the family and their son, Ken. Benny’s clueless about a lot of things, but of this he is certain: there is no way he’ll be spending Christmas at the beach, strutting about in a Speedo alongside Ken with his supermodel smile, gorgeous hair, and his ability to reduce Benny to a blubbering mess just by looking at him. This calamity only has one remedy: The trip must be stopped – Benny must go berserk.

Rights soldSold to Denmark and Sweden