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Children's Books902Literature and Fiction722Narrative Non-fiction336Self Help179Crafts and Hobbies146Mystery and Crime143Cook Books107UpLit82

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Picture books318Easy read235Read-aloud184Children's novels238Young adult121Children's non-fiction181Comics33

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Rikka – for real and forever
Children's Books2019 · 120 pp · Age 9 - 12

Rikka – for real and forever

Maiken Nylund

A book about being 10 years old, between being children and youth – and NOT being in love. Everything changes that autumn when Rikka's best friend suddenly falls in love. Because Rikka isn't in love. Absolutely not! She has more than enough on her plate with a dad who lives in another town, little siblings and stepparents – not to mention a new boy in the house next door. And when she falls out with Lise as well, nothing is the way it should be any more. Maiken Nylund makes her writing debut with a book that should hit everyone who is in between being children and youth.

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Playing dirty
Children's Books2019 · 144 pp · Age 9 - 12

Playing dirty

Simen Kjellin

A fun, action-packed book about evil criminals and good helpers. Who's got it in for Oslo's game shops and toy stores? Why are parents being encouraged to sell their kids' game consoles and throw out their computer games? In the course of 48 hours, Jørgen's life is turned upside down. When his school bag is stolen and his mum vanishes, the only person who can help him is homeless man, Bomsen. And Bomsen has some pretty wild ideas about how Jørgen can get his stuff back – and bring the games shops back to the city.

SUPER-SLEUTH HILMAR: MURDER IN THE HEN-YARD
Children's Books2019 · 102 pp · Age 9 - 12

SUPER-SLEUTH HILMAR: MURDER IN THE HEN-YARD

Tore Aurstad / Carina Westberg

Funny and exciting animal-crime for children! Hilmar is an old cock-fighter, and wornout private detective. He owes the Raptor gang a lot of grain, and it's not safe for him in Birdietown. His old friend Mike comes to the rescue – with an assignment. Someone has killed Gregory the Rooster,and Hilmar agrees to investigate. But who could have killed the old rooster in cold blood? Could it be the young hens Agda and Magda? The fox? Maybe the pigs? Or perhaps the local bikers, The Outclaws, who live down by the pond? Spiro offers to help, but are an old cockerel and a sparrow any match for a bunch of hard-boiled crooks? The book is illustrated by Regine Toften Holst.

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SNOW VALLEY
Children's Books2019 · 160 pp · Age 3 - 12

SNOW VALLEY

Hanne Hagerup / Hilde Hagerup

Selma is 9 years old and orphaned. Her biggest wish is to have a family, and she writes just that in a letter to Santa Claus. Her letter finds its way to the elf village Snow Valley, and eventually Selma also ends up there, even though Snow Valley is off limits to ordinary people. Perhaps Selma isn't an ordinary person? Short after her arrival, dramatic things begin to happen. Santa Claus suddenly disappears and other forces start taking over. If Selma and her friends fail to find Santa Claus, all the good that he represents will disappear. Christmas itself could be at stake. Snow Valley is based on the manuscript to the most popular Christmas calendar TV-series through times on Norwegian children's TV. The book is written by Hilde and Hanne Hagerup, and beautifully illustrated by Ane Lysebo Gustavsson. This book is the perfect gift for anyone who loves Christmas!

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Victoria Vargmo and The Iron Troll
Children's Books2019 · 240 pp · Age 9 - 12

Victoria Vargmo and The Iron Troll

Alexander Løken

Take another trip into the universe of Edvard Frost! Victoria Vargmo has never felt at home in the mountain village where she grew up. She wants to go to the city – to go out into the world and experience life! When a young man from the Norwegian Nazi party and his mysterious German companion try to kidnap her to investigate the spirwit blood in her veins, things start to happen at last. Suddenly she finds herself on a train to Oslo – on her way to meet her legendary, vanished grandfather, Edvard Frost. He’s the only one who can protect her. Edvard Frost has met scary monsters and creatures before, but now a war is looming on the horizon. Victoria Vargmo is suddenly trapped in an adventure she never expected. Alexander Løken’s trilogy about Edvard Frost’s expeditions won him a Boksluker prize and several prestigious nominations. Here comes a new book from the same universe. Victoria Vargmo is Edvard’s grandchild and she’s just as tough as her grandfather. And that’s a good thing because autumn 1939 brings some totally new challenges.

Just play ball
Children's Books2018 · 256 pp

Just play ball

Michael Stilson

Fredrik is facing the most important game in his life. As long as he rages the side-lines of the field, like he usually does, the dream of becoming a professional soccer player is within reach. But things that take place in the days before the final changes everything.Just play ball is a book about loving the game of football, but not being prepared for the hard realities. It is about trying to forget about a girl, and getting on without a father. And it is about winning – without loosing yourself. Winner of Trollkrittet and Uprisen 2018

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The Blue Wolves
Children's Books2018 · 160 pp · Age 9+

The Blue Wolves

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Pelle’s dad has finally made a breakthrough as an artist, but with the success the family is beginning to shatter and he runs off with a young woman. At the same time, Prof’s aunt is attacked on the street. Nothing is stolen, but as Pelle and Prof visit her at the hospital they see a large blue X spraypainted on her fur coat. Then she receives a bouquet of roses, adressed from The Blue Wolves. More women are attacked in the same way, and Pelle and Prof decide they need to find out who The Blue Wolves are. But sometimes, it’s not so easy to spot who the enemy is.

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Where No One Can Find Us
Children's Books2018 · 128 pp · Age 9 - 12

Where No One Can Find Us

Mathias Nyhagen Asplund

Journey into the fantasy – to a place where no one can find us! He's sick – so sick that he can't even go to school. She is not enjoying school because the others are being mean to her. The two meet between their apartment buildings, and he takes her into a fairytale they make themselves. They find a robber castle, they are trapped in the underworld, they escape the plague… but they manage! At least in the fantasy…

Death at Oslo Central Station
Children's Books2018 · 160 pp · Age 9+

Death at Oslo Central Station

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

It was half past ten. We walked down towards central again. It wasn’t necessary for us to agree on anything now. Prof knew what I wanted. And I knew what Prof wanted. We wanted to find Lena. We had to find Lena. Even if it took us all night long, we had to track her down. Best friends Pelle and Prof have little to contend with, in comparison to the dangerous and cynical underground environment their friend Lena is part of. But they can’t back our now, Lena must be saved from the clutches of the grown-ups who are ruining everything for her. Even though it could be deadly, Pelle and Prof have to act!

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Otherwise I’m not a Human Being
Children's Books2018 · 272 pp · Age 12+

Otherwise I’m not a Human Being

Agnar Lirhus

Mathilde is fourteen. She doesn't want to go to school. Mom doesn't understand what's going on – even when Mathilde ends up in the hospital. Mathilde doesn't have any friends other than a dog named Eddi, and Xiu, a friend she plays with online. But Xiu also has his, or her, own problems. Otherwise I'm not a Human Being is about being bullied, but still standing up for yourself, for others, and for the world. And about the fact that most things are the grown ups' fault. Nominated to the Critic's Prize 2018

After the hurricane
Children's Books2018 · 176 pp · Age 9+

After the hurricane

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Pelle and Prof are on Easter vacation on a farm in the woods, with thoughts of quiet days spent outdoors or in front of the fire place. However, even before they get to the farm their car is almost pushed off the road by a truck. Then a storm arrives, and a small plane crash lands next to the cabin. It soon becomes obvious that several myserious and suspicious episodes are connected, and as Pelle goes for help he runs into a thinly clothed girl from Sri Lanka all by herself out in the storm. She claims to have been smuggled into the country. It's clear to the "detectives" that a new mystery has landed in their laps, and that the vacation has to wait ...

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Flammer i snø
Children's Books2018 · 176 pp · Age 9+

Flammer i snø

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Someone is setting old apartment blocks in Grünerløkka neighbourhood in Oslo on fire. Pelle and Prof suspect that the fires are related to hate crimes against homosexuals. This is personal to Prof, as his brother Leif is gay. Leif and his partner have been subjected to anonymous harrasment, such as accusations of taking advantage of underage boys. Pelle and Prof want to prove that these are lies, and to clear Leif’s name. This time, the boys have help from Jorunn, Prof’s girlfriend, who is sharp as a knife, and as ready to take a risk as the boys. Together, the three start investigation the fires, and the men they think might be behind them - men who think that homosexuality is a disease, and a good beating is the cure.

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