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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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Block to block
Children's Books2022 · 128 pp · Age 12+

Block to block

Jonathan Castro / Don Martin / Felipe Orellana Castro

Block to Block is about ending up where you are, not because of, but despite of. Don Martin, Castro, and Fela are famous Norwegian rap artists, who are now sharing their stories and taking the readers into their block of flats, behind their music and lyrics. This is a vivid and tough depiction of growing up from East Oslo. It’s original and quick-mouthed, uncompromising, and important. These are vital voices that deserve to be heard. The book is a cool, commercial, and original book about a rough life on the Eastside of Oslo. At the same time, it’s a vulnerable family story about suicide, and not least the story of when hip hop came to Norway. This graphic novel is based on the hip hop show Block to Block with Don Martin, Fela and Castro, which was a breakout success at Det Norske Teatret. Reviews for the show"Block to Block is about keeping your pride when others try to bring you down. About finding your own rhythm when life doesn’t have any. (…) An experience that’s bigger than a concert and richer than a normal show."Aftenposten "Block to Block is a personal and important show, told by those who could have fallen outside of society."Morgenbladet

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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Se opp for plaskrein!
Children's Books2022 · 88 pp · Age 6 - 9

Se opp for plaskrein!

Bjørn F. Rørvik

Morsom, annerledes og litt rampete julebok! En tykk og gøyal bok med helsprø enruters tegnevitser. Her får du vinterlige vitser (og noen gjennombløte), med fokus på snø og jul. Teite og originale vitser for alle, men mest for barn! Hvis du har ledd av Larsons gale verden, vet du hva du har i vente! Forfatter Bjørn F. Rørvik og illustratør Eivind Guliksen har gitt ut en rekke helsprø og lettleste bøker med dyregåter, og nå har de tatt steget enda lenger inn i vitseverdenen. SE OPP FOR PLASKREIN! er deres andre bok med helsprø enruters vitsetegninger. Her har de funnet fram sine aller teiteste og bløteste vitser. Gjør deg klar til å le!

Spellbound
Children's Books2022 · 112 pp · Age 9 - 12

Spellbound

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

What do you do when you find out that Huldra, The Nix and goblins are not urban legends invented to scare children, but actual creatures who live in the shadows of Oslo’s streets? Peter and his mum have just moved into grandpa’s apartment in Oslo after he’s sent to a care home. Peter is unhappy because he knows they will be moving again soon. Then he meets an unusual girl. She’s invisible to everyone else, but Peter can see her. And she’s not the only underground creature that walks around underground in Oslo… When a little girl next door is kidnapped – by the Draugr – Peter is pulled into a reality and a part of Oslo he didn’t know existed. But why can Peter see the underground creatures? And what does his grandpa know, but isn’t able to tell him? Spellbound is an action-packed and original urban fantasy-graphic novel for young adults. It’s the first title in a trilogy.REVIEWS«Aleksander Kirkwood Brown and Luis Guaragna have created an enchanting new series based on Norwegian folklore.»Bok365, six/six starsOslo’s shady sides«Aleksander Kirkwood Brown has established himself as one of fantasy literature’s foremost frontrunners in Norway, with particular consideration for children and teens. (…) At least I want to keep on reading the next book.»D2«That Kirkwood Brown with his background in fairy tales and Guaranga with his background in metal-like aesthetic meets in an Oslo-based emo-elf-like universe seems both brilliant and right.»EMPIRIX.COM «And it’s… really solid? Structure wise, it does all the things that a story like this is supposed to: It’s very professional. But there’s plenty of originality in the elements the book uses (instead of just copying monsters from Tolkien and Sandman, it uses Norwegian supernatural beings), and it’s surprisingly moving. Well done.»LARS.INGEBRIGTSEN.NO «… it [feels] as if I have opened the door and is standing on the threshold of a new and exciting world when I read this story. I cannot wait to see where they will go on from here, and to be better acquainted with Oslo’s ‘underground’.»SERIENETT.NO

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The Fall of the Patriarchy
Literature and Fiction / Narrative Non-fiction2021 · 104 pp

The Fall of the Patriarchy

Marta Breen / Jenny Jordahl

Through history feminists have been ridiculed and harassed all around the World. In the 18th Century well-known feminists where decapitated in the guillotines, and in the 19th Century the Suffragettes were thrown in jail. In our time feminist activists are imprisoned in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia. Feminists are labelled as moody, angry and unattractive. Still, new generations are daring to proudly call themselves feminists. Author Marta Breen and illustrator Jenny Jordahl have through a number of books proved themselves as great communicators when it comes to the history of women. In this book they take the reader for a joyride through the cultural history of the patriarchy. With a good dose of humour the tell the stories about how men from Aristoteles to Woody Allen has described the world through the male gaze. They tell the stories of the women who through history has fought the oppression – and they rank the world’s worst sexists through times. Join us in finally taking down the patriarchy!

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Death
Children's Books2020 · 104 pp · Age 6 - 12

Death

Endre Lund Eriksen

“Oh no! A book about death, and I’m in it…” Mikkel really doesn’t want to be in a book about death. Because in books like that, people end up dying, don’t they? But when the narrator starts to tell the story, Mikkel gets curious.Why do people die? What happens in the body when people die? And what does it mean to say that the dead “return to earth”? Death is a graphic fact book that takes death seriously – in a seriously funny way.

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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Magnus Carlsen and the Chess Killer
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2020 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

Magnus Carlsen and the Chess Killer

Aleksander Kirkwood Brown

Magnus Carlsen and the Chess Killer is a crime comic about a genius killer that can only be stopped by a chess genius. The works of a serial killer is shocking Oslo, and the police stands without a clue. All of the victims are found with a chess piece in their hand, but other than that they have nothing in common. Who can solve this mystery, if not Chess Legend Magnus Carlsen? The Chess Killer enters into a cat-and-mouse-game with Magnus and police investigator Maud, but the killer always seems to be a couple of moves ahead of them.

The Sea Troll
Children's Books2020 · 56 pp · Age 6 - 9

The Sea Troll

Bjørn Ousland

In the attic at great-grandfather’s house, Pi and Peder find a map. When they look through a pair of binoculars, they see a lighthouse that doesn’t really exist. This needs investigation! Pi takes Peter and Mons the cat out in a rowing boat, and they all end up slap-bang in the middle of a fantastically exciting adventure.

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The Special Class
Children's Books2020 · 192 pp · Age 9 - 12

The Special Class

Flu Hartberg

Steven is the most popular boy in the school, and his father is the boss of the popular iBrain company. Steven has everything – even the latest version of iBrain, which lets you stay hooked up to the internet night and day without a mobile phone or PC. It’s all connected directly to your brain. One day Steven starts to behave in an uncontrollably silly way, writing obscene words on the blackboard, dancing bare-bottomed at the youth club and going into the teachers’ changing room. What’s happening to him? Against his will, Steven is moved into the famous Special Class – a small class for pupils who are different from all the others in some way or another. Steven – and all his friends – look down on the Special Class. How will he survive this? It turns out that the supernerds in the Special Class can help Steven with his mysterious and inexplicable problem. Computer specialist Ella finds out that somebody has hacked into iBrain, infected it with a virus and taken control of Steven’s brain. Who is the baddie and what is their motive? And how can the supernerds get into Steven’s brain to unmask the hacker?

Bow and arrow
Children's Books2019 · 152 pp

Bow and arrow

Ida Larmo

Bow and arrow is an intimate, intense cartoon series. Ida Larmo’s main character is going to study illustration in London. But she’s got some baggage: a romantic break-up and her parent’s recent divorce. Vulnerable and lonely, she builds herself a romantic reality to fill the space left by her loss.