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The Man who Broke the Sound Barrier
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2015 · 224 pp

The Man who Broke the Sound Barrier

Arne Svingen

Birger Brunkeberg has an easy-going life. He has an enormous collection of CD's and a good friend in prison. But one day the doorbell rings and reality hits his life with a hard fist. Mannen som gikk gjennom lydmuren is the story of this happy music-lover and the life he didn't know he was missing. A feel-good rock-and-roll novel! '(…) a novel whose style and tempo resemble a rock tune, and which in its own terminology could have been written by Dr. Feelgood.'STAVANGER AFTENBLAD 'Arne Svingen’s latest book could be described as a real feel-good novel. If you mix Nick Hornby and Fredrik Backmann you will get a good idea of how it sounds.'DEMOKRATEN 'Svingen has repeatedly shown that he is an ingenious storyteller, and when he tosses in a suitable dose of feel-good factor as here, it becomes quite entertaining.'MOSS AVIS 'The novel therefore has something in common with Nick Hornby’s writings, not least ’High Fidelity’ and ’About a Boy.’ Birger is a charming nerd'ADRESSEAVISEN 'Readers of Arne Svingen’s books for children and young people will recognise the playful language and the irrepressible gallows humour.'AFTENPOSTEN

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Hand to Hand Combat
Children's Books2015 · 144 pp

Hand to Hand Combat

Axel Hellstenius / Line Halsnes

Nærkamp is a comic strip adaptation of the prizewinning novel Fittekvote by Axel Hellstenius and Morten Skårdal. Fittekvote won Uprisen in 2011. Cadet 2010 Bakke, Victoria quickly realises that military academy is quite different to the hairdressers back home. She tests her own limits both physically and mentally, not least because her relationship with her boyfriend must be kept secret. Is she really willing to sign a contract to be sent to war to fight for her country? This is the tough, realistic, warm, crude, funny and tragic story of a young girl's reality in the Norwegian armed forces. Nærkamp shows that it is still challenging to be a girl in a primarily male environment while also painting a realistic picture of today's armed forced. Line Halsnes debuts as a comic strip creator with this book.

Crime Duo Siri and Max
Children's Books2015 · 184 pp · Age 6 - 12

Crime Duo Siri and Max

Lars Mæhle

A new crime series for young bookworms from prizewinning author Lars Mæhle. Mæhle is responsible for a number of popular books for children and young adults, but has also written crime novels for adult readers. This time, he has written an exciting story for the very youngest crime readers, with the small town of Heimvik as an idyllic setting. The fist volume sets the tone with a fast pace, tension and dog smuggling in Heimvik. Is the case as simple as the town's naïve and laid-back chief constable thinks, or can it be that the mysterious tramp called the Fog Prince is innocent? It is up to megabrain Max and his enthusiastic partner Siri to find out. Crime duo Siri and Max are on the case! ‘Krimteam Siri & Max has a lot in common with LasseMaja and Detektivbyrå Nr. 2, but with fewer illustrations. The text is longer and more advanced, and there is more tension.’Dagbladet ‘Skoddefyrstens hevn is a detective story with contemporary illustrations. The simplicity of the text makes it easy to read yet also subtle. There are not that many illustrations, but those that are included are important for gaining an overall impression of the action.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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Volume
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2015 · 104 pp

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Pedro Carmona-Alvarez / Aslak Dørum / Lars Elling / Liv Eirill Evensen / Tania Kjeldset / Hans Petter Laberg / Stein Erik Lunde / Arne Svingen / Frida Ånnevik

A second later I am filled with a tremendous sound that reverberates from my very core. Then I rise up. Not far, just a few centimetres above the stage, but enough to feel as if I am flying. It is a wonderful feeling. I close my eyes and just hang there. I know that as long as I hold this note, everything will be fine. And that as long as I hold this note, I will be happy. Nine authors who are also musicians, or nine musicians who also write. Nine short stories about how music can change a situation and a person. About how notes can make you soar, how the sound of a piano can make you do something new, about how difficult it is to find the right words. About all of the memories captured in music, about all the joy, heartaches and dreams. And about impossibilities that suddenly become reality, just because music exists. And people who love music. Meet Pedro Carmona Alvarez, Aslak Dørum, Lars Elling, Liv Eirill Evensen, Tania Kjeldset, Hans Petter Laberg, Stein Erik Lunde, Arne Svingen and Frida Ånnevik.

The Zombie Hunt
Children's Books2015 · 112 pp · Age 9+

The Zombie Hunt

Jon Ewo

Martin and Marit love everything about zombies. So they are very glad when Zombie-land re-opens, an amusement park with zombies as its theme. The park also has a new attraction, the Zombie-hunt Maze, with the bonus of a cash prize for the winner. Martin and Marit can hardly wait. But there is also another new attraction in the park which exceeds all expectations, as they soon find themselves being hunted by real zombies.

BAD BOY
Children's Books2014 · 264 pp

BAD BOY

Annette Münch

Casper loses everything. First his privileged life staying with his mother’s generous boyfriend, then his dream girl. Humiliation waits around every corner. His little brother is always in trouble and his mother’s new boyfriend is invading his life. Then Liam arrives. He spends his days at the local gym and introduces Casper to a world where muscle strength means more than purchasing power, and your manliness is determined on the bench. Here everyone can take charge of their lives if they are willing to give their all and do anything. And Casper needs to beef up. He needs to regain respect for and control of his life. He decides to become a bad boy. Soon he’s in more trouble than he can handle, and then his little brother disappears. Badboy is about a kind of abuse which is more widespread among young people than we dare think. Annette Münch gets close to the user, and Casper’s struggle for his own life is afrightening reminder that growing up in the time of selfies and an increased focus on body image requires many types of strength. The book is based on conversations the author had with young users of anabolic steroids. ‘The novel is based on conversations that Münch has had with young users of anabolic steroids. This makes Casper’s story credible. He is a likable character who has made bad choices. [...] The novel has several threads, and the language is dynamic and solid. [...] An important book that studies how not only our bodies, but our thoughts and emotions, are affected by steroids. Casper copes, but the novel shows – with intensity and clarity – how steroid abuse comes about and can continue.’DAGBLADET ‘The need to maintain a façade when our lives are falling apart has always existed. It is particularly well depicted in this book, something that also makes Badboy: Steroid a timeless novel. The topic is however more specific to our time. Münch highlights a dangerous social problem among both young people and adults today with such credibility that it seems frighteningly commonplace. [...] There is a lot for both young people and adults to learn here!’VÅRT LAND ‘Badboy: Steroid is a wonderful depiction of young people who use anabolic steroids. The story coincides with what those of us who work for Dopingtelefonen have experienced. This book is very, very credible.’Margaret Tveitan, Manager at Dopingtelefonen [Steroid abuse hotline] at Oslo University Hospital

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Those who don’t exist
Children's Books2014 · 176 pp

Those who don’t exist

Simon Stranger

Nominated for The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize 2015. Paperless people – people who don't exist – live everywhere. 21-year-old Samuel from Ghana knows what it means to sacrifice everything in the hope of a new and better life in Europe. He did it before, when he fled to Gran Canaria. A Norwegian woman called Emilie tried to help him that time. In the end he was discovered and deported anyway. The last thing Samuel received from Emilie was a piece of paper with her address on it. He is now standing outside her house in Bærum, with experiences behind him that no one in this foreign country could start to comprehend.

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IT’S MY TURN NOW
Children's Books2014 · 192 pp

IT’S MY TURN NOW

Renate Nedregård

Last year at junior high school Melissa Victoria finally landed in the middle of the right crowd. Spring is all love and partying, and everything is perfect when she starts going out with Zoran, the hottest and most popular boy in the whole area. But she just can’t forget Alexander. Perfect Alexander. Unattainable Alexander. The boy who spends his Easter holidays in the penthouse suite of the mountain hotel where Melissa’s mum works in the kitchen. The boy who shows her that things look a lot better from the top floor. Melissa starts to understand that she belongs somewhere else. And only Alexander can take her there. Det er min tur nå is Renate Nedregård’s second book. Just like in Mirakel the focus is on today’s young people and their challenges and reality. ‘[...] about girls that have lost their fathers. [...] Nedregård has been successful in finding the balance between content and form that gives this temperature.’AFTENPOSTEN ‘An exquisite look at the divide between the poor and the wealthy [...] an outstanding depiction of what it means to be an adult. From the very first page, the reader is submerged in Melissa’s emotional world, and it is difficult not to recognise yourself as a youngster when reading about her crush. Nedregård also respects her target audience by assuming that the reader understands everything that is happening in the book. There are no unnecessary explanations or stereotypes such as is often the case in other books for young adults. [...] The reader quickly feels for Melissa, and hopes just as much as she does that her unrealistic expectations will become reality.’VÅRT LAND

If You Lie
Children's Books2014 · 144 pp · Age 9+

If You Lie

Thomas Marco Blatt

Thomas Marco Blatt, winner of the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize, has written a beautiful and crystal clear examination of the all-consuming experience of first love. Protagonist Klara isn't in love with Matias, like everybody thinks, but her neighbour Sofie, two years her senior. Without verging on the speculative, Blatt lays the foundations for an enterprising narrative about first love with additional challenges. This is a universal story about the dawn of love's existence for any individual, and the fact that every gain made in adulthood is met with a loss of childhood. ‘Writing for children is not a problem for Blatt. His telling of Klara’s story is as neat as it is nimble. … A recent visit to the local book shop revealed that mystery and fantasy books are dominating the shelves. I won’t say a word against this genre, but children need variation. Not everyone likes ghosts and magic. Hvis du lyver is a welcome addition. This is an open and easily read story about love which is neither raucous nor speculative.’ DAGBLADET Beautiful and important ‘Finally! A novel with homosexuality as its theme without lengthy self-examinations and subsequent identity crises. […] Klara’s fascination for the tough team goalkeeper donned in dungarees shot with holes seems heartfelt. A series of dreams underline the fact that the love that exists within her is deep and natural. Equally believable is the social pressure that forces her to choose a boyfriend, a role adopted by her best friend Matias. […] Blatt has authored a unique book. […] He has succeeded in capturing Klara’s struggle to have her feelings taken seriously and has transformed this into a universal tale of first love.’ BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

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TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK
Children's Books2014 · 240 pp

TOMORROW EVERYTHING WILL BE DARK

Sigbjørn Mostue

Brage is a fairly normal teenager, albeit with a longing for the beautiful and unattainable Frida and a group of good friends around him. But one day, disturbing news comes from Japan: a large group of people are running wild, and apparently blinded by their rage, they wreak havoc on everything and everyone in their way. It is believed to be a form of mass psychosis. At first, the news doesn’t hit the main headlines. A few weeks later the phenomenon has spread across much of Japan. And when the same happens in China, with millions killed as a result, people begin to take notice. The Internet crashes, TV broadcasts stop, people flee, society collapses – and then they report that the infection has reached Halden… Brage is soon faced with some impossible choices when his family and group of friends are torn apart and people he knows and relies on are infected and creating chaos. There’s only one option for survival – seeking refuge in the forest. He’s not the only one who sees this way out, and soon there is an entire communityliving there while those infected lay waste to the towns. But are they safe from infection? Is the greatest threat within their own ranks? A scary Norwegian dystopia where the wilderness and survival are central. ‘This is horrifying, thought-provoking and action-packed. ... It is the commonplaceness of this book that makes it so frighteningly powerful. That this could happen to us here in little, out-of-the-way Norway. The parallels with the Ebola crisis are obvious. ... The book is exciting and has action and drive – as well as love. I can’t see why it would not be a hit with young readers of dystopian fiction.’DAGBLADET‘A serious doomsday novel that pushes the limits of what a young adult book can contain. ... The first part is a credible depiction of the development of a global crisis as seen through Brage’s eyes. ... It successfully demonstrates how our modern media reality gives everything a sense of the unreal. ... It [the picture painted by Brage] is a complex, psychological portrait of a rare and complicated character in Norwegian young adult literature. ... It is dark, and it is intense.’BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO‘Sigbjørn Mostue can write horror that sends chills up your spine. He does the same in this novel, I morgen er alt mørkt.’ROMERIKES BLAD‘Read this book. Be afraid!’BYAVISA FREDRIKSTAD ‘The book is really exciting, and as soon as you have read a few pages it becomes difficult to lay it down. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is a splendid read for 13 – 17 year olds.’Nils Korsvold (Selbu Secondary School)ADRESSEAVISEN

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INGHILL + CARLA = TRUE LOVE
Children's Books2014 · 264 pp · Age 9 - 12

INGHILL + CARLA = TRUE LOVE

Ingeborg Arvola

Inghill loves Carla, her pony. She loves riding, jumping and flying through the air on the back of the world’s most beautiful pony. But now Carla is injured and limping on her hind leg, so Inghill cannot ride her. She can’t even walk her. And it doesn’t look like it’ll get better. It helps somewhat to ride other ponies, but none of them are as good as Carla. None of them ARE Carla. Inghill’s love of horses is on its way to being replaced by horse sorrow thanks to the loss of Carla. This is Ingeborg Arvola’s third book about Inghill and Carla. A horse trilogy for all horse lovers, but also for all book lovers. Heroines like Inghill are few and far between. A tough girl with a big heart which beats loud and clear for those being bullied, those experiencing injustice and, of course, for horses!

Marlena Evensen. Soon to be sixteen
Children's Books2014 · 112 pp

Marlena Evensen. Soon to be sixteen

Ingunn Aamodt

Marlena Evensen has just started upper secondary school. And soon she’ll be sixteen. Marlena and her boyfriend, Axel, have agreed that they’ll "do it" on her sixteenth birthday. But her first year at upper secondary doesn’t start the way she’d hoped. Her best friends end up in Class B, whereas Marlena is in Class C – with her half sister Siri and a gaggle of unpleasant girls. Marlena’s world falls apart. She HAS to move to Class B, but to do that they’re going to have to come up with a brilliant plan. Crazy schemes and disasters are soon piling up. It’s really not easy being Marlena...This is the fourth book about Marlena Evensen.