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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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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 FLOOD
Children's Books2019 · 120 pp · Age 9 - 12

THE FLOOD

Max Estes

There is a flood, and a man and his dog need to escape. But the dog runs away and his owner ends up making the arduous journey alone, during which he finds a wounded eagle that eventually plays a bigger role in the story. The book is about the love of animals, and how people and animals can find help and support in each other. The Flood is a concisely written graphic novel about the forces of nature and the connection between humans and animals.

Rights soldSold to Norway
ZOMBIELARS - BOOK 3
Children's Books2019 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

ZOMBIELARS - BOOK 3

Gisle Halvorsen / Thomas Seeberg Torjussen / Nicolai Houm

What happens to those who are different when xenophobia is on the increase? The People Against Everything Foreign campaign is growing in strength, and the school principal, Torill, always says "birds of a feather should play together." It's not easy being a zombie, ninja or witch in Bekkebakken. But Lars and his gang are not the only strangers, there are others that choose to hide who and what they really are behind a facade. Principal Torill gives the twins Herman and Caroline some tablets to calm them down, and tells them to pull themselves together before anyone realizes they are half-trolls; Michael's parents are members of Life's Choice who pretend to be knocked out if they are hit – which is far safer than them being revealed as one of the undead. But when Lars is kidnapped and buried by PAEF, it's the final straw for the gang. They break into the PAEF headquarters and destroy the lists of strangers in Bekkebakken. One of the names they find on the list is Kurt Ødegårdsstuen – Lars's Dad. This is a graphic novel based on the popular TV series on Norway's children's channel NRK Super. ZombieLars - Book 3 is based on the first half of season 2.

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The River
Children's Books2018 · 144 pp · Age 12+

The River

Anna Fiske

The River is a quiet and beautifully illustrated novel about the big and small things that make life difficult for teenage Helena. She feels like she's just washing away, like the water beneath the ice in the river she sees each day on her way to school. Helena wishes she could take up more space, that she could say what she thinks and feels. That she could manage to comfort her dad, or dare to talk to Andreas in the other class. Then one spring day, the ice starts to break – and something dramatic happens.

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Women in Battle
Children's Books2018 · 128 pp · Age 12+

Women in Battle

Marta Breen / Jenny Jordahl

150 years ago, women and men led very different lives. Women could not vote or make their own living. They had no control over their own bodies. The father would make a woman's decisions until she was married. Then her husband would take over. This changed when women began to organize. In this book writer Marta Breen and illustrator Jenny Jordahl tell the story about the women's movements many dramatic battles. Breen and Jordahl have cooperated about a number of book projects, amongst others The F word. 155 reasons to be a feminist a title for which they received the Norwegian Cultural Ministry non-fiction award in 2015, and the bestseller 60 Women you should have known (2016).Graphic novel Women in Battle offers a whirlwind tour through 150 years of the fight for women’s rights. Marta Breen’s witty text and Jenny Jordahl’s dynamic art covers topics including reproductive rights, gay marriage and the #MeToo movement. International and inclusive in outlook, it’s both relevant and inspirational.THE GUARDIAN - Best Children´s Books of 2018Women in Battle is a straightforward, solid and exciting introduction to the history of the Women´s movement. Not least is the book a celebration of the courage and will of those who has walked the path before us, sheading light on some of the women on whose shoulders we are now standing. Women in Battle reminds us how much "the other sex" has achieved when it comes to rights during the last 150 years, and at the same time remind us that many battles are still to be won. PROSAWomen in Battle is a combination of a textbook and a manifest, a book that has a mission and also underlines the will to say something with a solid presentation. SERIENETTWomen in Battle - 150 years fight for freedom, equality and sisterhood presents the reader to a playful and whole picture of the cases that has defined the fight for women´s right´s through times. It manages to be a celebration of those who fought the fights, and at the same time remind us to never take these rights for granted. EMPIRIXBreen and Jordahls depiction of the history of feminism as a cartoon feels fresh and liberatingly free from self-righteousness. To be able to flip through 150 years of history in stylish, striking and affirming illustrations, interpretations and drama makes for a fascinating read. The eye rests well on details that provide associations and food for thought. There is humour and wit in this work by Breen and Jordahl, in content, context and line.NY TID

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ZombieLars
Children's Books2018 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

ZombieLars

Gisle Halvorsen / Thomas Seeberg Torjussen

Lars is half alive, half dead – or a zombie, as humans would say. He moves to Bekke bakken, a place where strangers like him aren't welcome. The first volume in the comic book version of the popular Norwegian drama series that is shown on NRK Super.

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ZombieLars
Children's Books2018 · 72 pp · Age 9 - 12

ZombieLars

Gisle Halvorsen / Thomas Seeberg Torjussen

Lars is half alive, half dead – or a zombie, as humans would say. He moves to Bekkebakken, a place where strangers like him aren't welcome. The second volume in the comic book version of the popular Norwegian drama series that is shown on NRK Super.

Rights soldSold to Denmark and Sweden
Suburban Volume 1
Children's Books2012 · 80 pp · Age 12+

Suburban Volume 1

Øyvind Holen / Mikael Noguchi

He calls himself ”Deks” and has just moved to the Oslo suburb of Grorud with his mother, after his parents' divorce. It's 1994, and the suburb is a culture of graffiti, drugs and teenagers loitering at the mall. Deks meets Camilla, whose boyfriend is “Senc,” alias Victor, who neither goes to school nor works. He deals drugs, and tags at night. A triangular drama develops in secrecy and only waits to be unveiled. The problems continue to build for Deks when drugs go missing, and the sinister types they belong to are willing to do anything to balance their books. Suburban vol 1 is the first in a series of short graphic novels about a brutal and fierce upbringing in Oslo's suburbia. Øyvind Holen and Mikael Noguchi have previously collaborated on the books Hiphop and Hip-Hop Faktaløve. This is their first work of fiction. Foreign rights sold: Legioncomix, Mexico and Turbine, Denmark. 'It is a good sign when the only complaint is that your wish there was more. The story is angled toward a sequel and I hope it will materialise.’BERGENS TIDENDE ‘I have read Drabant and I love it [...] it is a comic strip that deserves to reach as many readers as possible.'SERIENETT.NO 'Stylish writing and drawings about the suburban young [...] a steely comic strip story about growing up on the edge of a city.’DRAMMENS TIDENDE ‘Very readable’GUDBRANDSDØLEN DAGNINGEN ‘Journalist, comic book expert and author Øyvind Holen collaborates for the third time with Mikael Noguchi, illustrator and computer game graphic designer, to create Drabant. Whilst the first two books also explored hip-hop culture, this is the pair’s first foray into graphic novels. In spite of both being new to the genre, there is very little to hint at their amateur status with this project. It is clear that they both possess a thorough knowledge of the culture that they outline.’DAGBLADET ‘Author and journalist Øyvind Holen has first-hand knowledge of hip-hop culture. Mikael Noguchi produces fantastic illustrations revealing a real feel for graffiti art.’BERGENSAVISEN

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