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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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White Frost
UpLit2006 · 256 pp

White Frost

Trude Brænne Larssen

The sorceress Rime is guarding a much soughtafter secret. As a result she is afraid to fall in love. Only Bork, a farmer’s son, succeeds in wearing down her defences. This strong, silent man makes an impression on her, and against her will she is drawn to him. However, Rime has mighty enemies who are aware of her secret and want a share of it. She is not safe anywhere... 14 books.

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Buddha's Children
Narrative Non-fiction2006 · 432 pp

Buddha's Children

Torbjørn Færøvik

This book takes you to the four Buddhist countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma, from the greenest hills where the magnificent temples sparkle to the fragrance from the incense which lingers gently above the rooftops. Buddha preached the message of mercifulness. But like many others these countries have a past riddled with war and violence. And they are still struggling with the legacy of the past. The contrast between Buddha’s teachings and real life is often strikingly major. And yet, to travel through these countries is a real pleasure. You will encounter people and landscapes and remember them until your dying day. The journey starts in the noble, golden city of Hanoi and finishes in the far north in Burma, in the legendary Mandalay.

Rights soldSold to Germany
Gunhild's Choice
UpLit2006 · 224 pp

Gunhild's Choice

Ellinor Rafaelsen

In this historical series set in Hallingdal, Norway, in the late 1800s we get to know the life of Gunnhild Johnsen and her five children after her husband follows his dream and sets off to America to find gold. All he leaves Gunnhild is a letter with a promise to return ... one day. Gunnhild struggles to provide for her family after her husband abandons them in poverty, and in despair she decides to put the children into foster care and seek work outside the small village in Hallingdal. Will Gunnhild’s husband return from America as a wealthy man? And will his family be there to welcome him back? Rights sold to Poland. 18 books.

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Garmann's Summer
Children's Books2006 · 48 pp · Age 3+

Garmann's Summer

Stian Hole

Winner of the BolognaRagazzi Award 2007 Summer is nearly over and Garmann is going to start school. Garmann is dreading it, and he tries to find out if adults dread doing things, too, while he’s seeing if he’s got a loose tooth. Garmann thinks about life and death, the present and the future. «What do you want to be when you grow up?» Aunt Augusta whispers to him. «A sword-swallower,» Garmann answers.This is an unusual and nice story in words and pictures by Stian Hole.‘Fantastic illustrations and a warm story about approaching a change in life.’Dagsavisen‘Let it be said straight away: this is a lovely book! It feels good to hold it, it is beautiful to look at, and the story touches your heart.’Drammens TidendeIn 2009Garmann’s Summer has received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, announced by the Amercian Library Association.Garmann’s Summer also won the French Prix Sorciere for best album of the year 2008.

Rights soldSold to 23 territories
Legacy
UpLit2006 · 256 pp

Legacy

Ann-Christin Gjersøe

The story of Livsarven takes place at the venerable Gimle Farm in Vestfold in the 1880s. This is an action-packed and heart-warming tale, which revolves around the lives and loves of three young women at a time when women were rarely in charge of their own destinies. Rights sold to Poland. 22 books. The series ends with 4 more books in 2010.

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Dangerous Powers
UpLit2006 · 240 pp

Dangerous Powers

Elin Brend Johansen

In Sunniva, an historical series set in Ringerike in the 1600s, we meet the young and passionate heiress to Svanemyr manor, Sunniva. She is blissfully ignorant of the extent of her supernatural powers, but will soon enough experience that her powers will have fatal consequences In this dramatic series we follow Sunniva’s struggle to survive in a time when women with supernatural powers were burned at the stake. 21 books.

The Sign of the Fairies 2
Children's Books2006 · 304 pp · Age 9+

The Sign of the Fairies 2

Sigbjørn Mostue

It is nearly Christmas and everyone is getting ready to celebrate. At the same time Eva and Espen start receiving mysterious messages from an unknown sender. At the same time a tiny dead body is discovered floating in the sewer and the behaviour of the town’s rats has become menacing and aggressive. Eva and Espen soon discover that the notorious Pixie Killer is back in town and only they can save the town’s pixies who are disappearing one by one. So begins a gruesome mystery that is sure to make your heart beat faster and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up! Volume 3 of the series will be published in Autumn 2007. The trilogy has been optioned for film. Fantasy. Novel. 320 pages. For readers ages 9+.

Rights soldSold to Denmark and Poland
The Goblins Association
Children's Books2006 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Goblins Association

Bjørn F. Rørvik

The Goblin Association (Nisseforeningen) is the seventh picture book about Fox and Piglet. Papp the farty goblin has joined an association, "Goblins without Borders". He’s a little bit anxious about his first meeting, and would like Fox and Piglet to go with him, even though they aren’t goblins. The meeting doesn’t go quite as Papp the fool had thought. But after a while, he is very satisfied, especially after he wins a lovely prize. The book is absurd and realistic and, quite simply, wonderful! Bjørn F. Rørvik and Per Dybvig have created a fantastic universe where Fox and Piglet are in the centre. They received the Norwegian Ministry of Arts and Science picture book award for their books about Fox and Piglet in 2005.

Rights soldSold to 4 territories
Organisten
Narrative Non-fiction2006 · 464 pp

Organisten

Erlend Loe / Petter Amundsen

Who was Shakespeare really? What happened to his manuscripts? And what has this got to do with Oak Island – the treasure island? Erlend Loe has set out into unfamiliar territory. He has met an ordinary Norwegian organist who claims to have the key to one of the greatest treasures the world has ever seen. This treasure hunt is closely connected to the surroundings around William Shakespeare, and the main lead is found in the legendary First Folio edition of the master’s works. Shakespeare is a door to a hidden universe of secret pacts, elaborate code-breaking and ancient symbols. The resting-place for the same priory treasure which is being searched for in The Da Vinci Code, is probably located. We meet a down-to-earth Erlend Loe who at the beginning is sceptical to the claims made by the organist, but as the organist carefully outlines his theories, Loe bursts out, "This is staggering! There is absolutely no doubt about it. Discovery Channel – eat your heart out." If the organist is right, then our understanding of world history must change. Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's most popular authors.

Rights soldSold to 8 territories
Overlord
Literature and Fiction2006 · 336 pp

Overlord

Torkil Damhaug

The German lieutenant, Peter Enge, deserts in June 1944 just as the allied troops are landing in Normandy in Operation Overlord. He deserted because he has met a French woman with whom he is in love. But during his escape he encounters obstacles that he had not foreseen. He becomes seriously injured and is kept in French captivity. Fifty years later a Norwegian author is finishing a story about the German soldier. A grandchild of the French woman searches him out, and he works through what happened, both in his dreams and in his imagination. He gets to find out about the German’s growing up in Germany, with a father who admires Hitler and a mother who is in love with a Jewish writer. Young Peter is devastated by the stories and ideas the adults give him, and is drawn towards a picture of a black sun about to swallow a yellow one, and he feels forces inside him that favour evil. Overlord is a novel about being guilty and the sense of guilt, which moves on an individual, collective and metaphysical level. It is very similar to a crime story, but it is perhaps more of a love story which never gets completely told.

The Saabye Circus
Literature and Fiction2006 · 208 pp

The Saabye Circus

Lars Saabye Christensen

I Fell in Paris. A writer, who possibly resembles the author, falls from a stage in Paris. At this awful moment, while he’s flailing with his arms and waving a final farewell, he sees himself standing outside Brun’s Music & Notes shop in Bygdøy Allé admiring a red Fender Stratocaster. He is 13 years old and knows just one thing: he has to have that guitar. He has 43 Norwegian kroner in his bank account and the guitar costs 2,250 kroner. A new world opens up for him when he gets a job delivering flowers for Finsen’s Flora in Frogner. This is a true story based on a lie. Or perhaps the other way round: a lie based on a true story. A writer follows his tracks back to a guitar and a bouquet of flowers in the city he grew up in. With this literary piece, Lars Saabye Christensen marks his 30th anniversary as a writer.

Rights soldSold to 5 territories
Ingratitude
Literature and Fiction2006 · 120 pp

Ingratitude

Per Knutsen

Ulrik Bratt Jensen really does want to be a good person, but he is often misunderstood when he tries. And when he decides to help his new neighbours next door, everything goes completely wrong. Per Knutsen’s Ingratitude is formulated as a letter to a lawyer from the 80-year old widower, Ulrik Bratt Jensen, who is committed to a psychiatric clinic. In the letter he explains why he just wants this particular female lawyer to represent him – these two have met before.