Catalogue children and young adults 2013

Gyldendal Agency 2013 Children & Young Adults

Gyldendal Agency 2013 Children & Young Adults Rights Director Anne Cathrine Eng anne.cathrine.eng@gyldendal.no Foreign Rights Manager Henrik Francke henrik.francke@gyldendal.no GYLDENDAL AGENCY IS AN IN-HOUSE LITERARY AGENCY

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Block has decided to make an album of everything. That means he has to take pictures of everything. In this picture book Block documents his world.

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Nora Bratland almost gets hit by a speeding car going way too fast through the small town of Elvestad. Tiril and Oliver are shocked by the incident and decide to track down the culprit before sunset.

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Imagine that you lack something everyone else has. Something to prove that you belong in this world. Something so important that without it, you are nothing. A creep. A vermin. A human.

Picture books 0–3 years Picture books from 4 years Picture books from 5 years Read aloud books from 6–9 years Read aloud books from 6–9 years Childrens’ books from 8 years Documentary books from 10 years Childrens’ books from 10 years Young adults

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS 0–3 YEARS

Anne-Cath. Vestly Make Way for Sootpipe Make Way for Morten Minstemann

NOVELTY: Vestly for toddlers EVERYBODY knows Anne Cath. Vestly’s books about the Eight Children. And now, two of the central characters – Morten Minstemann and Sootpipe – have finally got their own picture books!

Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920–2008) is one of Norway’s most famous and popular authors. All in all she has written 49 children’s books, many of which are considered modern classics. Her books have been translated into 16 languages.

PICTURE BOOKS 0–3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY HANS JØRGEN SANDNES ORIGINAL TITLE: HER KOMMER OVNSRØRET/HER KOMMER MORTEN MINSTEMANN

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS 0–3 YEARS

The Eight Children Get a Dog ONE crisp and lovely autumn day, the Eight Children’s parents take them on an outing to the woods. They are all sitting around the campfire, frying meatballs, when they hear a whimpering from the bushes. Who can it be?

The Truck that Disappeared SOMEBODY has stolen the truck, and Mads and Mona have to find it! The stories in these two picture books are slightly abbreviated extracts from Anne-Cath. Vestly’s first book about the eight children: Eight Children and a Truck and are suited for children from 4 and upwards. The idea is to provide an easy and enjoyable introduction to Vestly’s universe for young readers.

Hans Jørgen Sandnes (b. 1979) is a Norwegian illustrator and animator. When he was 16 years old, he won an Amandus award at the National Film Festival for under-20s. He has made several cartoons based on Alf

Prøysen’s children’s songs. He has also worked with illustrations and animations in a number of other cultural projects for children.

ORIGINAL TITLE: MORMOR OG DE ÅTTE UNGENE FÅR HUND/LASTEBILEN SOM FORSVANT

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS 0–3 YEARS

Lars says hi Svein Nyhus LARS says hi to the carpet.

Lars says hi to the shoes.

Lars says hi to the woolly hat.

Lars says hi to the rock and the tree and the road.

And to a friend.

Lars is looking at you now.

Lars says hi.

What do you say?

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR LARS DANCES:

“A picture book for toddlers one of

the best books of the year? Certainly.

This poetical sliver has great artistic value and still scores a home run with the youngest book lovers.”

MARIE KLEVE, DAGBLADET

“The series will have a long life as

very good books for the youngest readers.”

HILDE DYBVIK, BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

Svein Nyhus (b. 1962) was awarded the Book Art Prize in 2010 and is one of our most critically acclaimed and prize-winning illustrators.

Previously published Lars is Lars Lars Dances Lars is Not

PICTURE BOOKS 0–3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY SVEIN NYHUS // ORIGINAL TITLE: LARS SIER HEI // 32 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS

Malvin and Hector Kari Grossmann HECTOR has disappeared, and Malvin can’t sleep at night. So Daddy has to go searching with him.

Could they have forgotten Hector at Gran’s place?

Or in the shop, at the playground or in the witch’s cabin? Fortunately for Hector, Malvin isn’t the only absentminded person around. This is the fifth book about Malvin, suited for kindergarten children.

Kari Grossmann (b. 1942) is known for writing about every- day topics, and her stories always circle around situations that young readers will recognize, and she tells them with a glint in the eye.

Previously published Malvin in the Wilderness Malvin and Piassava Malvin Goes Skiing Malvin and Ella

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY KARI GROSSMANN // ORIGINAL TITLE: MALVIN OG HEKTOR // 32 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS

Tambar and the Friendly Little Wolf Tor Åge Bringsværd and Lisa Aisato

“An exceptionally fortuitous collabo-

ration between Tor Åge Bringsværd and Lisa Aisato.”

TAMBAR and Gurine find a little wolf cub that has lost its mother. Of course they have to take it home. Tambar names the little cub Snugglewolf, and Dad says they can keep it. But Mum Dovre is allergic to animals, so they have to find it a new home, after all. Nobody at Dad’s workplace wants the wolf either, because people tend to be afraid of wolves. But then Dad has a bright idea: Uncle Rustibus will know what to do with it. When they visit Uncle Rustibus, however, they are all in for a surprise!

AFTENPOSTEN

“Charming trolls” FORELDRE OG BARN

Previously published

ALL TITLES ALSO AVAILABLE AS APPS FOR IPHONE AND IPAD

Tambar is a Troll Tambar and the Hare Children Tambar and the Troll Hag Tambar and the Sea Serpent Tambar and the Seven Mile Boots Tambar and the Fairy Tale Sword

Tor Åge Bringsværd (b. 1939) is an award-winning writer and playwright who writes for all ages.

His works have been translated into 23 languages, and his plays have been performed in 11 countries.

Lisa Aisato (b. 1981) is a writer, illustrator and artist. In 2010 she was shortlisted for the Critics’ Award for her picture book Odd is an Egg.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY LISA AISATO ORIGINAL TITLE: TAMBAR OG DEN SNILLE ULVEN // 40 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS

Bird Lisa Aisato A BEAUTIFUL and melancholic picture book.

– Can I go with you? the girl asks.

– No, say the birds, you are too big and heavy for us to carry. If only you looked like a bird and had your own wings …

Lisa Aisato has made a beautiful and melancholic picture book about a girl who wishes she could fly away with the birds when cold winter approaches. But in order to fly like a bird you need wings, feathers and preferably a beak too.

In other words, the girl faces a daunting and perhaps impossible task. But if you really want something and wish hard enough for it, you can do it. Even if it only happens one small bird step at a time.

Lisa Aisato (b. 1981) is a writer, illustrator and artist. In 2012 she was shortlisted for the Critics’ Award for her picture book Odd is an Egg. She also illustrates the popular Tambar books.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY LISA AISATO ORIGINAL TITLE: FUGL // 40 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS

Block’s Album of Everything Åshild Kanstad Johnsen

“It is no easy task to create such

charming characters from logs and cones and tree trunks.”

CATHRINE KRØGER, DAGBLADET

EXPLORE Block’s universe!

Block likes to find things, make things, gather things and do new things. In fact, THINGS mean the world to him, and his favorite pastime is documenting, collecting and sorting his things.

Now he has made an album of all his things and everyone he knows, giving you a unique opportunity to really experience and enjoy his charming, detail oriented world.

This book is practically filled to the brim, and every time you read it you will discover something new.

Since he first appeared in 2010, Block has enjoyed widespread international popularity. The Block books have been sold to ten countries, including Japan (where he has been turned into an animated series and also has his own café), China, Germany and France.

Åshild Kanstad Johnsen ( b. 1978) is a prize-winning author, illustrator and artist. Her first children’s book was Block Makes a Museum (2010), a debut for which she was awarded a silver medal for Most Beautiful Books of the Year, 2011.

Previously published Block Makes a Museum (2010) Block Makes a Commotion (2011) Block Tidies Up, APP FOR IPAD AND IPHONE (2011) Block Makes a Shadow Theatre, APP FOR IPAD AND IPHONE (2013)

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: // KUBBES ALBUM OM ALT FOREIGN SALES // SWEDEN, GERMANY, FRANCE, JAPAN AND KOREA, CHINA, TAIWAN, TURKEY, NETHERLAND, ITALY

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 4 YEARS

Block Makes a Commotion

THIS time Block wants to play in a marching band! He opts for the trumpet and starts to rehearse for the big band concert. But Block has a problem – no matter how much he practices and reads and drills, he still doesn’t get the notes at all. To Block they all look like birds on a wire.

So he pretends to play when the conductor looks his way, but in reality he doesn’t make a sound.

That wouldn’t have mattered one bit, hadn’t the conductor decided to let Block play a solo at the concert ... how on earth will he do that?

Block Makes a Museum BLOCK likes to collect things he finds in the forest. There are so many treasures out there, he thinks. He takes all these treasures home and puts them in nice boxes. But one day all the boxes are full! So Block opens a museum of his own.

The museum is a great success. Almost too much, so Block thinks ... is he really supposed to have to queue up to go to his own bathroom for the rest of his life?

APPS FOR IPAD AND IPHONE BLOCK TIDIES (2011) // BLOCK MAKES A SHADOW THEATRE (2012)

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Children & Young Adults picture books from 4 years

scary Holiday Mari Kanstad Johnsen A visuAlly impressive book about feeling very, very small.

Everybody loves a holiday in the sun, except Maja.

What’s the point of standing in endless queues, jumping from diving towers into waves that could throw anyone over? luckily, Maja has a Daddy who is big and strong and fearless, so it doesn’t matter much that Maja is a scaredy-cat. But what happens when Daddy all of a sudden vanishes?

mari kanstad Johnsen (b. 1981) has studied at the oslo national academy of the arts and stockholm’s university college of arts, crafts and design. she works as an illustrator and artist.

piCture books From 4 YeArs // illustrated by mari kanstad johnsen original title: Livredd i Syden // 32 pages

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Children & Young Adults picture books from 5 years

The seed Charlotte Bråten and Rune Markhus A uniquE and touching story about modern families. in the middle of the night sandra is awakened by a voice. it isn’t Daddy’s voice, because he lives with stupid Marit in the old house. But it isn’t Mummy’s either … it belongs to a horse! Once in a while, very rarely, someone succeeds in planting a horse. This is a unique and touching story about modern families and about finding a new friend when you really, really need one. Beautifully illustrated by Rune Markhus.

Charlotte bråten (b. 1975) works as a book presenter at fredrikstad library. she has studied creative writing at telemark university college. this is her first book.

rune markhus (b. 1972) is a graduate from Westerdals school of communication and works as an illustrator.

piCture books From 4 YeArs // illustrated by rune markhus // original title: frøet // 64 pages Foreign sAles // denmark

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS

Three Cars and a Dead Cat Gry Moursund THERE are only three cars on the island. That is still one too many when one of them runs over the nicest cat in the world. Who can the murderer be? The shop owner, who swears on the life of his parents, although they are already dead? Karsten Oppihaugen, who knows more curse words than anyone else on the island? Or could it be Laila, the taxi driver no one really knows, and who has a slightly scary dog called Alex?

An exciting cat murder tale that unravels in a fantastic seventies universe.

Gry Moursund (b. 1969) has a degree in illustration and graphic design from The National School of Arts and Crafts. She has received a number of awards for her books.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY GRY MOURSUND ORIGINAL TITLE: TRE BILER OG EN DĂ˜D KATT // 48 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS

Me and Pontus Aim for Gold Odd Nordstoga and Rune Markhus SOMETIMES you just have to be really naughty.

Have you ever seen a horse and thought that if you’d had any gumption, you would get up on it and ride into the sunset? Have you ever looked at a mountain and thought that if you’d had any gumption, you would climb it? Have you ever seen a boat and thought that if you’d had any gumption, you would have got in it and sailed out to sea? But then you never do any of those things.

Me and Pontus aren’t like you. We never hesitate. We do all the things you can’t do, aren’t allowed to do or couldn’t be bothered to do anyway. Me and Pontus go full throttle. We shake life into a city where the lights have gone out, we party and make music, sack the king and stage a revolution. All in one and the same day.

Me and Pontus Aim for Gold is a book about not becoming a couch potato, about getting out and having at least one adventure every day. About the fact that sometimes you just have to be really naughty.

Odd Nordstoga (b. 1972) is a highly popular and critically acclaimed musician and composer. Me and Pontus Aim for Gold is Nordstoga’s first shot at writing a picture book.

Rune Markhus (b. 1972) is a graduate from Westerdals School of Communication and works as an illustrator.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY RUNE MARKHUS // ORIGINAL TITLE: EG OG PONTUS GÅR FOR GULL 40 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 6–9 YEARS

Brown Håkon Øvreås and Øyvind Torseter AN UNUSUAL super hero.

As long as the sun is up, Rune is merely Rune, but come night he transforms himself into Brown – a totally fearless super hero. Armed to the hilt with brushes and brown paint he sneaks out of the house. Rune can hardly be blamed if Brown chooses to paint the big bullies’ bikes brown, can he?

Brown is a book about friendship, courage and retaliation. It is also a book about missing one’s grandfather and just how wrong things can go when your super hero powers run out.

Håkon Øvreås (b. 1974) has previously published two books of poetry. Brown is his first children’s book.

Øyvind Torseter (b. 1972) is an awardwinning writer and illustrator. He won the award for Most Beautiful Book of the Year 2013.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 6–9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY ØYVIND TORSETER // ORIGINAL TITLE: BRUNE // 136 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 6-9 YEARS

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Max Fun Lighthouse Luck Mari Kjetun and Johan Egerkrans THIS is the third autonomous book about Max and the giraffe.

Shiver me timbers, what a fishing trip!

What does the hippo want for its birthday?

Why, fish of course! But what are Max and the giraffe to do when they strand their boat, the grumpy seals steal all the fish and help never arrives?

A new, entertaining story about the world’s best friends, an unfortunate father and a zoo keeper who likes fish cream cake. Endearingly illustrated by Johan Egerkrans.

This is the third autonomous book about Max and the giraffe. Entertaining, easy to read stories for children who have learned how to read for themselves. The first two books have been translated into Swedish.

Previously published Max Fun in Africa Max Fun at the Zoo

Mari Kjetun’s first book, Thieves, Trouble and a Shining Comet (2009) was also the winner of Norli’s and Gyldendal’s competition for the best children’s book manuscript. This is her fifth children’s book.

Johan Egerkrans has been drawing since he was two years old and has illustrated a number of books, movies and games.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 6–9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY JOHAN EGERKRANS // ORIGINAL TITLE: HELT MAX FYRTÅRNFLAKS // 40 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // SWEDEN

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS

Detective Agency No. 2 Jørn Lier Horst Operation Sunset DETECTIVE Agency No. 2 crack two cases before sunset.

Nora Bratland almost gets hit by a speeding car going way too fast through the small town of Elvestad. Tiril and Oliver are shocked by the incident and decide to track down the culprit before sunset. However, they soon realise that the case is even more serious than they first thought. It appears that the reckless driver was driving a get away car after he and his mates had robbed the local savings bank. Will their detective skills prove good enough to lead them to the robbers?

Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970) has worked many years as head of investigations at the Vestfold Police Chamber. He published his first detective story in 2004 and is one of Norway’s most popular and acclaimed crime writers. He has won the

Booksellers’ Prize, The Riverton Prize and the Glass Key for his adult books. His first book in the Clue-series – suspense tales for older children – was shortlisted for ARK’s Children’s Book Award 2012.

READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY HANS JØRGEN SANDNES ORIGINAL TITLE: OPERASJON SOLNEDGANG // 104 PAGES

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BARN/UNGDOM READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 8

Operation Thunder Cloud WHO is behind the – to put it mildly – strange burglaries in Elvestad? No one is able to see any pattern in what is going on in Elvestad that summer.

Baker Monsen’s whole supply of yeast is stolen, the barrels for the new bathing pier are taken from the beach, and in the park someone has helped themselves to all the juniper bushes. The list of stolen items grows longer and longer – and more and more bewildering. Tiril and Oliver fumble in the dark, but rather surprisingly the hound Åtto leads them in the right direction.

This is an exciting and entertaining detective story for young bookworms.

Operation Night Man OLIVER has a dramatic bicycle accident – who caused it? Oliver’s misfortune with the bike at Sletta may be a minor incident, but whoever it is who has dug all those holes, ought to pay for a new wheel. Tiril’s and Oliver’s investigations lead them to the desolate Rønneberget and an encounter with the Night Man. And then they find a mysterious map, and the case takes a new turn.

If they are to solve the mystery, they will have to use their imagination, where both the past and the present are concerned.

Hans Jørgen Sandnes (b. 1979) is a Norwegian illustrator and animator. When he was 16 years old, he won an Amandus award at the National Film Festival for under-20s. He has made several cartoons based on Alf Prøysen’s children’s songs. He

has also worked with illustrations and animations in a number of other cultural projects for children.

READ ALOUD BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY HANS JØRGEN SANDNES ORIGINAL TITLES: OPERASJON TORDENSKY, OPERASJON MØRKEMANN // 112 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS

Svingen’s Dark World: The Naughty Pupil Arne Svingen THE main event of the year is approaching: The annual soccer match against the neighbouring school. Curiously, though, things start happening to the players on the school team. Tale suspects that the new pupil might be involved. And suddenly she herself is in danger.

Room 13 ELMER and Stefan are spending their autumn vacation at Hillmoen Hotel. Why is room 13 always empty? Could there be a special reason?

The door is shut and locked, but the boys hear the sound of a small child crying in there. They discover a monstrosity they can’t control, an entity looking to avenge an injustice that was committed a long, long time ago.

Arne Svingen (b. 1967) is one of our most popular authors, and he has written a number of books. His production spans from simple tales for the youngest readers to children’s novels and novels for young adults. www.arnesvingen.no

Torstein Nordstrand (f. 1977) is an illustrator and visual designer.

He lives in Bergen. Nordstrand has done illustrations for the American game market for a decade, and worked as a visual designer for the game company Funcom, where he contributed to the prize winning game Age of Conan. www.torsteinnordstrand.com

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY TORSTEIN NORDSTRAND ORIGINAL TITLE: DEN SLEMME ELEVEN / ROM 13 FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS

SPINE-CHILLING SUSPENSE! A SERIES FOR READERS WHO ENJOY SCARY STORIES

The Executioners in the Cemetery Stefan’s new home is situated in the oldest part of the cemetery. It is a scary place, and he certainly doesn’t want to live there. Stefan is so angry and frustrated that he kicks an old tombstone. And that’s when all the horrible things start to happen.

The Cloak The unknown figure in the dark cloak almost floated over the field. The sight sent shivers down Noah’s spine, and he turned around and ran. Later he realized that his parents knew something about the figure. – Wasn’t it bad enough what happened last time? he heard Dad say to Mum. What is going on?

Previously published in the series The Evil Teacher The Ghost Hotel The Man With Six Fingers Snapping Jaws Cruel Nights 23

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS

The Viking Farm Unn Pedersen DID you know that in the Viking age, almost everyone lived on farms and that children didn’t go to school? Or that many people were born into slavery, while wealthy children were sent away to be raised by foster parents?

We accompany town girl Tora when she goes to visit her cousin Ravn. Twelve short stories take us to the burial mounds, into the woods to fell timber, and we learn how the Vikings prepared for Yule, how they sacrificed to their gods and what daily chores life on a farm consisted of.

The stories are based on what archaeologists and scientists have unearthed through their examinations of graves, jewellery, sagas, flower pollen, house remains teeth and skeletons.

In the same series: The Viking town Kaupang

Unni Pedersen (b. 1973), the author of this book, is an archaeologist with the Viking age as her special field.

She has participated in several excavations, amongst others at Kaupang.

Trond Bredesen (b. 1956) has illustrated the book. Since 1988 he has worked as a freelancer associated with the drawing community Illustratørene. He works for book publishers, newspapers and periodicals.

DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY TROND BREDESEN ORIGINAL TITLE: PÅ EN GÅRD I VIKINGTIDEN // 64 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS

The Teacher’s Son 2: Full Speed Nowhere Bjørn Ingvaldsen THIS is where the everyday reality of school life starts for father and son. Father is a totally useless teacher and Victor, his son, has to save him from all kinds of awkward situations, e.g. an unfortunately placed football, an exploding bagpipe, two smashed violins, a substantial poker loss, lots of pesetas and a raving mad headmaster on a scarlet motorbike.

Comedy in the classic style from the writer who created such characters as Espen Herbert, the mobile disaster and Elias, who has the worst grandmother in the world. This is the second volume of the series The Teacher’s Son, a story jam-packed with chaos, complications and catastrophes.

The Teacher’s Son 1 – The New Teacher VIKTOR’S Dad isn’t always reliable when it comes to questions of truth, and he keeps buying things – like fast cars – that he can’t really afford. And when he has to make a run for it, again, Viktor has to go with him, again. As usual this leads to problems and misunderstandings, and of course Viktor has to bear the brunt.

Bjørn Ingvaldsen (b. 1962) has written a number of books for children and adults, amongst others the popular books about the roving disaster Espen Herbert. Several of his books have been translated into other languages.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLES: SØNNEN TIL LÆREREN 1 – DEN NYE LÆREREN / SØNNEN TIL LÆREREN 1 – FOR NULL MUSIKK // 128 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS

Pym Petterson’s Failure of a Pen Pal Heidi Linde HERE comes the third book in the super-popular series about the failure (in her own view, anyway) Pym Petterson. Linde’s readers have high expectations, and they won’t be disappointed!

Pym’s school class is hosting a group of pupils from a partner school in Northern Sweden.

To prepare for the visit, the pupils have been exchanging letters. Pym’s designated pen pal is Kajsa Stina, a girl who is more than just slightly interested in horses. And because Pym wishes to be sociable and forthcoming, she has given the impression that she, too, is passionately devoted to horses. Truth be told, they terrify her. But nothing turns out like Pym had expected. Kajsa Stina never shows up, and instead Pym has to partner up with Alex, a boy who only recently joined the Swedish class. Alex acts disinterested and silent and makes no effort whatsoever to be liked by his classmates. So they don’t like him. However, the Swedish pupils are so mean to him that Pym decides to champion him! It turns out that Alex is a quite different character than Pym had expected, and she faces a few surprises in the process of getting to know him.

“Comedy for young readers is very

popular, but female heroes are sorely missing. So Pym is a highly welcome addition to the bookshelf, and she certainly holds her own.”

VG

Heidi Linde (b.1973) She studied creative writing at Telemark University College and has a degree in script writing from Lillehammer University College. She made her debut with the children’s book Mosquito Bite in 1998, and in 2002 she

published her first novel for adult readers, Under the Table. She has written several novels for adults and children in addition to award winning radio plays.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: PYM PETTERSONS MISLYKKA BREVVENN // 175 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK, GERMANY AND SWEDEN

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS

Pym Petterson’s Failure of a Family PYM Peterson is eleven years old, and her family is neither fun nor interesting. It is merely miserable! At least Pym thinks so. And now she is supposed to write a true story about them. How can she possibly do that? Even her name is a mistake, like most other things in her life. She is the youngest sister in a completely ordinary, boring family that consists of Mum, Dad and the twins Sigmund and Sanna, who quarrel all the time. Pym is interested in space, she does things her own way and questions almost everything. And she considers her life a total failure.

Pym Petterson’s Failure of a School Trip A HILARIOUS, scary, positive, wise, sparkling sequel to Pym Petterson’s Failure of a Family.

Pym and the others were really looking forward to camping outdoors in the woods, but when their teacher, Hilde, gets hit by a car and breaks her leg, one of the school’s scariest teachers, George «The Jaw» Jawson, has to substitute for her.

Instead of looking forward to the trip, Pym starts dreading it seriously.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLES: PYM PETTERSONS MISLYKKA FAMILIE // 170 PAGES // PYM PETTERSONS MISLYKKA SKOLETUR // 175 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS

Why is Water So Wet? Ole Robert Sunde AN INTELLECTUAL picture book novel for grown up children and childlike grown ups from Ole Robert Sunde.

One thing all children have in common is the immense task of having to understand how the world is built up and how it works. And if it is true as they say, that adults have lost that curiosity, then that is a crying shame! Why not try to write a children’s book where the main issue is seeing, hearing, feeling and touching? The optimal setting is the bed, just when a boy wakes up from a scary and strange world (night) only to encounter another (day). Lying in his bed, he daydreams. He plays his way into that place where everything is possible, the precise spot where the bed can turn into a car, and the car can drive through the bedroom wall and out on to the lawn and straight on to the sea, where the boy transforms the car into a submarine. This boy has a family, and today is Saturday, which means no school, and bacon and eggs for breakfast. Only one thing casts a shadow over the family idyll: The Child Witch – his sister and nemesis. She has also woken up, and she is in a quarrelsome mood …

Ole Robert Sunde was born in Kristiansand in 1952.

Today he resides in Oslo. He has been awarded the Aschehoug Prize as well as the Gyldendal Prize for his oeuvre. His latest novel, The War was My Family’s

Bo Gaustad is a well established illustrator, and she has illustrated a number of children’s books and art books. She has studied Art in Italy and Norway.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: HVORFOR ER VANNET VÅTT? ILLUSTRATED BY BO GAUSTAD // XX PAGES

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Professor Barlow’s Werewolf Experiment Sissel Chipman AT THE University of Meep, Professor Barlow is preparing to do research on his latest acquisition, a real, natural wolf heddin. Reluctantly, Henrik submits to being studied, but he soon realises that he has to do something for the professor’s other research objects. A whole pack of werewolves are dying from neglect.

But then a dark secret from the past reappears, and things start to go south. Way down south.

Julie is forced to flee into the rainforest, which is crawling with giant snakes and tigers, and Henrik winds up behind bars, together with the werewolves.

A science fiction story about two abducted teenagers, a megalomaniac professor and a pack of neglected werewolves.

Sissel Chipman (b. 1965) grew up at Nøtterøy, outside of Tønsberg. She has written the fantasy series The Stone Circle in addition to a number of books for childrens and adolescents. She lives in Canada.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: PROFESSOR BARLOWS VARULVEKSPERIMENT // 407 PAGES

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The Ballad of a Broken Nose Arne Svingen WINNER of the Ministry of Culture’s Literary Award, shortlisted for the Brage Prize and the Critics’ Award. Moskus film has bought the movie rights for the book and are currently in the process of turning it into a motion picture. Rights have been sold to 8 countries so far.

“The Ballad of a Broken Nose is perhaps one of his very best stories. It is cleansed of anything resembling children’s book clichés and dull language. It is about being slightly different, about invisible poverty, friendship and not least, about daring.”

“The Ballad of a Broken Nose is the uncommonly exciting and funny story of an uncommonly sad teenage life. It is only early February, and I have already read one of this year’s best Norwegian children’s books.”

DAGBLADET “It is a long tie since I felt so captivated by a book as I did by Arne Svingen’s tender story about 13 year old Bart. Bart hails from the same rough streets as Pitbull-Terje and Rubber Tarzan, but he has a personality that is all his own.”

VG

“Arne Svingen interweaves light and darkness, tragedy and comedy into an exceptionally well composed novel. He has created a character that would be a catch for any film director. In my view, Arne Svingen is an author who only gets better and better.”

AFTENPOSTEN

“An incredibly beautiful piece of social comedy featuring a charming, helpless protagonist. (…)

Svingen writes with such a sense of humour that it makes our heart ache.”

NRK

Arne Svingen (b. 1967) is one of our most popular authors, and he has written a number of books. His production spans from simple tales for the youngest readers to children’s novels and novels for young adults.

Previously published visit www.arnesvingen.no

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: SANGEN OM EN BRUKKET NESE // 208 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // SWEDEN, DENMARK, HUNGARY, EGYPT, FRANCE, CZECH REPUBLIC, US AND GERMANY

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Fly Summer

FLY SUMMER is a story about Kasper, a boy who dreams of becoming a pole vaulter. He gets a fly in his mouth and climbs a rather high mountain.

And he has a very angry father. One day Bentein moves into the neighbourhood. He wears a turtleneck sweater and is pretty irritating. A disaster is unavoidable. Arne Svingen has done it again! Just like The Ballad of a Broken Nose, Fly Summer is a touching, wise novel with a dark theme. It gives a moving portrait of Kasper, a resourceful kid who copes in a harsh world.

“It makes me happy to find books for young people which are both challenging and entertaining. Svingen has many readers, and his books have been sold to several countries. That’s no surprise, since he manages to write stories which you immediately feel you can believe in, instead of appearing to stem from the mind of an adult.”

MARI NYMOEN NILSEN, VG

“A tender and powerful book about violence at home.”

BJARNE TVEITEN, FÆDRELANDSVENNEN

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: FLUESOMMER // 189 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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Dangerously Quiet Åshild Moldskred RUNA escapes from the lunatic asylum. She is terrified of the person she was becoming in there.

She also knows that Åge is the best medicine for the evil that is building up inside her, but will he dare to meet her alone?

In an attempt to get help to cope with her own darkness, Runa looks for a woman with eyes like hers. That is a decision she will regret.

This is a sequel to Dark Days, a novel about blood drinking communities in Oslo’s fashionable West End. Dangerously Quiet is even darker, more exciting and contains even more love and comedy.

Dark Days, the first book about Runa and Åge, was shortlisted for the U Award.

Åshild Moldskred (b. 1978) grew up in Sunnmøre but lives in Oslo. She has a Bachelor’s degree in sports, has worked as a personal trainer for several years and loves to go snowboarding.

Previously published Dark Days

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: FARLIG STILLE // 250 PAGES

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The Evil Legacy Thomas Enger SO you thought you knew everything about your family?

16 year old Julie has never seen her father, and her mother can’t stand light or noise, so her life is pretty far from ordinary. She lives in a big house with her grandfather, and at school she is victimized. Her best friend is a cat. One evening, when the northern lights are flickering across the night sky, she finds a strange object that will turn her life upside down. The object has a close link to dark secrets. There are people who are willing to commit murder to lay their hands on it. Julie finds herself in grave danger when she attempts to find out what happened to her family. All of a sudden her own cat is terrified of her. Thirteen ravens have settled out in the yard, and they follow her every movement with icy cold eyes …

A thriller, a crime story and a wee bit of magic – a breathtakingly exciting novel from crime story master Thomas Enger.

Thomas Enger (b. 1973) has worked as a journalist. He made his literary debut with the crime novel Burned in 2009, a book that drew considerable attention even before it was published. So far, the Henning

Juul series has been sold to 24 countries. In addition to writing, Thomas Enger composes music.

He lives in Grünerløkka in Oslo. www.thomasenger.net

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: DEN ONDE ARVEN // 349 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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Kire 1: Hulder Tonje Tornes ERIK’S mother has killed a young woman, and he was the only witness to the incident. He refuses to talk about it, because the whole thing is quite impossible. It wasn’t a human being she killed, but a hulder. They both saw her, a hulder who tried to lure him away with her. Now his mother has been sentenced and put away, and other hulders are on the prowl for Erik.

Erik and a group of other teenagers are entangled in a web of subterranean forces in the small rural community, and soon Erik can hardly tell reality from imagination. His only guide in to this world of magic, is the seductive hulder Flora …

Hulder is the first volume of the Kire Trilogy.

NEW WRITER

Tonje Tornes (b. 1977) works as a comic book editor. She also edited the anthologies The Living on Death (2004) and Prose in Pink (2006). Hulder is her first book for young adults.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: HULDER // 275 PAGES

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This Is Where I’m Supposed to Be Hilde Hylleskaar MARTINE was involved in a tragic accident as a child. She was badly injured, and her grandparents were killed. Neither Martine nor her surroundings realise that there is a connection between the tragic incident and the problems she struggles with now: her feeling of being all alone even with friends, of observing the world through a haze, of not belonging. She feels a growing desire to go away, leave the world. One day, however, she meets a psychologist who poses questions that make things happen, and gradually the reader and the main protagonist discover the secret riddle that has haunted Martine’s life.

An essential novel for young adults about freeing oneself from the shadows of the past. Many young people are haunted by traumatic experiences. This story engenders optimism and shows that life can open up again and take a turn for the better, no matter how dark the events of your past may be.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR’S FIRST NOVEL, LET ME BE ME:

“An exciting and precise debut novel about a young girls search for herself and others.”

BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

Hilde Hylleskaar was born in Bergen in 1961. She grew up in Stavanger, but now she lives in Bergen. Hylleskaar has a university degree in History.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: DET ER HER JEG SKAL VÆRE // 224 PAGES

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The Raven Rings 1: Children of Odin Siri Pettersen IMAGINE that you lack something everyone else has. Something to prove that you belong in this world. Something so important that without it, you are nothing. A creep. A vermin. A human.

Life takes a ruthless turn when fifteen years old Hirka learns that she is a child of Odin. A tailless piece of trash from another world. She no longer knows who she is, and someone is willing to kill her for that to remain a secret. But there are worse things than children of Odin, and Hirka isn’t the only being that has passed through the gates …

NEW WRITER

“Above all it’s the well-crafted prose and the absence of speculative effects wich lift this work high above many others in the overpopulated fantasy genre. The book offers nervewracking suspense and convincing characters”

Children of Odin is a new and exciting fantasy story based on Norse mythology, a mythical novel about xenophobia, blind faith and the will and the right to lead others. It is the first volume of three in the Raven Rings series.

VG

Siri Pettersen (b. 1971) has roots in Finnsnes and Trondheim, but is now living in Oslo. In 2002 she won Bladkompaniet’s cartoon contest with Anti-climax. The same series won her the Sproing award for New Cartoonist of the Year. She

has also drawn a non-verbal short story series titled The Crows, and she has drawn for the cartoon strip Melt. She works as an Art Director at Kantega. She moonlights as a design, identity and vision development consultant for various firms.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: RAVNERINGENE 1: ODINSBARN // XX PAGES

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Bian Shen Torbjørn Øverland Amundsen WOULD you live forever, trapped in the body of a child?

Bian Shen is the first book in a trilogy about a group of children that have lived for thousands of years. Given both a miracle and a curse, they have been forced to live through history in the bodies of children. Not able to die, not able to grow up.

Tomorrow is Arthur’s 14th birthday, but he knows he will die during the night. He also knows that he will wake up in a new body, helpless as a new-born infant, but with all his memories and feelings intact. Arthur is one of the children who have been granted eternal life, which is a miracle, and also a curse. Unable to die and unable to grow up, he has lived through the history of the world in a child’s body. But even that isn’t sufficient to prepare him for what is about to happen …

NEW WRITER

“Bian Shen is tough, entertaining and wise in its own way. And it is built on a solid idea... The ending asks more questions than it gives answers to. Possibly we’ll get them in the next book. And the well-written Bian Shen has enough suspense and drive to be worth waiting for.”

DAGBLADET

Torbjørn Øverland Amundsen (b. 1979) spends most of his time daydreaming in Oslo, where he works with something completely different from what he spent too many years studying. Bian Shen is his first book.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: BIAN SHEN // XX PAGES FOREIGN SALES: DENMARK, HUNGARY, ITALY AND TURKEY

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Welcome to Hell 1: Headless Kjetil Johnsen MIA Maria leaves her home. She leaves her Dad, who only sits silently in his chair, depressed and inconsolable after Mia Maria’s mother was killed.

Together with Red and Silje she visits a dishevelled block of apartments. Her friends are looking for drugs. Others are out on the same mission, and from there on all is darkness – darkness and a horrible hunt where Mia is forced to take an impossible decision.

Read and be filled with a horror worthy of the worst movie. Close the book and return to a better reality. Because your reality could impossibly be worse than the reality you will encounter in this hell.

Welcome to Hell is a series of autonomous hardcore horror stories.

Kjetil Johnsen (b. 1966) grew up in Melhus in Trøndelag. He works as a writer and editor and lives in Nittedal, just outside of Oslo.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: VELKOMMEN TIL HELVETE: HODELØS // 150 PAGES

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Welcome to Hell 2: Meat Kjetil Johnsen FIVE teenagers come to avenge a horrendous abuse, but soon it is they who are being hunted, by heavily armed men who kill indiscriminately.

And when they find themselves locked in a basement, the five teenagers will discover that there is a fate worse than death …

Volume two in a new series of bloody horrorthrillers about vengeance and impossible choices. The first title in the series Welcome to Hell is Headless.

YOUNG ADULTS // ORIGINAL TITLE: VELKOMMEN TIL HELVETE: KJØTT // 150 PAGES

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