Catalogue children and young adults 2014

Gyldendal Agency 2014 Children & Young Adults

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Gyldendal Agency 2014 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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A playful and dramatic picture book story.

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It is time for the annual swimming day at school, and this is Ruben’s final chance to earn his swimming achievement mark. There is only one problem: He can’t swim.

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Dick has decidedto set an unbreakable record: He is going to be the most negative person ever.

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Picture books 0–3 years Picture books from 5 years Read alone 6–9 years Easy Reads from 8 years Fiction from 10 years Novels YA/Teens

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Gyldendal Children & Young Adult “Luna can’t sleep. She opens her window and peeks out.

There is something out there.

Something is gliding slowly between the houses.”

From A Fish for Luna Lisa Aisato

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

Tambar Gets a New Friend Tor Åge Bringsværd

“A particularly successful collaboration between Tor Åge Bringsværd and Lisa Aisato.”

AFTENPOSTEN

“An enchanting troll.”

FORELDRE OG BARN

Something strange occurs one day Tambar and Gurine are in a shop: The shelves start tumbling down, and they appear to be doing it of their own accord! But then Tambar catches a glimpse of a small, grey figure rushing out the door.

The figure turns out to be a barn gnome, and a highly frustrated one at that! Toby the Gnome has been forced to sleep underground for years and years now. The farm where he once kept things in order and was paid with porridge every Christmas Eve, is gone and has been replaced with tall buildings and shops. Toby doesn’t care much for unemployment. What good is a barn gnome when nobody needs him anymore?

Trolls and gnomes have always gotten on well together. Is there any way Tambar and Gurine can help Toby and make things easier for him?

About the author and the illustrator Tor Åge Bringsværd (b. 1939) is an award-winning playwright who writes for all ages. His works have been translated into 23 languages, and his plays have been staged in 11 different nations.

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. PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY LISA AISATO ORIGINAL TITLE: TAMBAR FÅR EN NY VENN // 40 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

A Fish for Luna Lisa Aisato A new work of picture book art from Lisa Aisato.

Luna can’t sleep. She opens her window and peeks out. There is something out there. Something is gliding slowly between the houses. Is it a balloon?

A flying fish? Luna’s parents say it is ugly and that she can’t keep it, so Luna decides to help it back home. But it won’t say where home is. All it says is “Ay”, “Yue”, “Kuu”, “Maan”, “Tsuki”, “Karoo” and “Kamar”. And it says “Luna”.

With great bravery Lisa Aisato explores life’s big issues and presents an original and fresh take on subjects as human as loneliness and hope. Always firmly anchored in a child perspective, with a child’s intensity of sensation. In this case personified in the shape of a lonesome fish. A Fish for Luna is a unique and beautiful picture book tale.

About the author and the illustrator (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. Her book Bird is shortlisted for the newly instituted Book Bloggers’ Award.

From the reviews of Bird: “A fantastic art book. Every illustration is a work of art.”

CATHRINE KRØGER, DAGBLADET

Previously published My Two Great Grandmothers (2008) Odd is an Egg (2010) Bird (2013)

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY LISA AISATO N`JIE SOLBERG ORIGINAL TITLE: EN FISK TIL LUNA // 40 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

An Airy Ride Mari Lindbäck and Sindre Goksøyr Don’t want to, don’t want to, DON’T WANT TO! Maisen doesn’t want to be with old Margit. She doesn’t want food, she doesn’t want to hear about when Margit was a star and she definitely doesn’t want to watch the runners on TV. They are so boring! Maisen wants to play a trick on Margit. And suddenly the window has opened a crack, even though it is strictly forbidden to open it. Oh, and where did Chirp go? He isn’t in his cage with Tweet!

A book about wanting attention – and about the bad feeling you get when you have done something really stupid. Even if you didn’t really mean to do it!

About the author and the illustrator Mari Lindbäck (b. 1973) has written three novels.

An Airy Ride is her first children’s book.

Sindre Goksøyr (b. 1975) is an award-winning illustrator, artist and cartoonist. He is a member of the comic strip collective Dongery.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY SINDRE GOKSØYR // ORIGINAL TITLE: LUFTETUREN // 32 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

The Ball Mari Kanstad Johnsen A playful and dramatic picture book story, illustrated and narrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen.

Elling has a new basketball! He loves playing with it.

But suddenly he hears a sound. Kim and Coco hear it too. It’s quite close, but also rather distant. Could it be coming from … the ball?

About the author Mari Kanstad Johnsen has an education from The National Arts Academy in Oslo and Konstfack in Stockholm. She works as an illustrator and artist. She did her first children’s book illustrations in 2011,

for the critically acclaimed picture book Barbie Nils and the Gun Problem. In 2013 she also made her debut as a writer, with the title Scary Holiday.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY MARI KANSTAD JOHNSEN ORIGINAL TITLE: BALLEN // 32 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // Sweden

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

Jo Gets a Friend Lene Ask Is a friend something to be shared?

Summer holiday! Jo and Jenny are going to spend most of the summer camping with Granddad.

There are lots of other children at the camping ground – and maybe they can make friends with them? Jo finds it easy to make new friends. Jenny finds it almost impossible. And she doesn’t want to be friends with Jo when he’s made lots of new friends either – or does she?

The fourth book in the series about the twins Jo and Jenny – about sibling rivalry, identity and everyday life for toddlers in the 21st century..

Jo and Jenny Go Swimming, 2011

Jo and Jenny at the Hospital, 2012

Jo and Jenny Celebrate Their Birthday, 2013

About the author Lene Ask (b. 1974) is a writer and illustrator. She makes books and comics for adults and children.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY LENE ASK ORIGINAL TITLE: JO FÅR EN VENN // 32 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS

Baker Brown Yokoland The third book in Yokoland’s original series about colours.

Baker Brown is the town’s baker. He likes things to be big and brown. One day the baker decides to build a giant oven so that he can bake even bigger buns and loaves. But what happens when he bakes so many big things that he runs out of the colour brown? A stylistically advanced and absurd story about a search, illustrated and narrated by the prize-winning super team Yokoland. In 2013, Painter Green received a diploma at the annual graphic arts’ award event, Most beautiful books of the year.

Critical acclaim for Painter Green: “A delicate and surprising game of shapes and colours” DAGBLADET

Captain Blue,2013

About the author and the illustrator Yokoland is an illustration and design studio that consists of Thomas Nordby, Aslak Gurholt Rønsen and Espen Friberg. They have attracted a considerable amount of attention in the field of illustration and

Painter Green, 2012

design, at home as well as abroad, and have made a habit of winning awards for most beautiful book of the year.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 3 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY YOKOLAND // ORIGINAL TITLE: BAKERMESTER BRUN // 48 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // FRANCE

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS

Cool Stuff for Outdoor Trips Håkon Forfod Sønneland and Sondre Harvik Have a nice, cool trip!

More than 30 great ideas for fun outdoor activities.

Previously published Cool Stuff for Two Year Olds, Cool Stuff for Three Year Olds, Cool Stuff for Four, Year Olds, Cool Stuff for Five Year Olds, Salto’s Bookshelf: The Carpenter, Cool Body Stuff, The Dinosaurs’ Weapons.

This book is for everyone who wants to have fun while they are out on trips, no matter season or weather. Turn any trip into an adventure for the whole family! Make a cable car for teddy bears, build a straw raft or make a kite from a carrier bag!

The activities have been tested with loads of children, so the writers can guarantee that they work.

About the authors Håkon Forfod Sønneland (b. 1972) is a journalist, writer and photographer, and a father of two. Sondre Harvik Bjaberg (b. 1973) is a writer and pedagogical leader at a kindergarten in Oslo, where he also lives. He has three children.

DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: KULT PÅ TUR // 64 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS

Book of Thoughts Birte Svatun An everyday-book that encourages philosophical conversations.

Vilde and Simon are friends. But what does that really mean? Sometimes Vilde likes to be on her own.

Is that the same as being lonely? When Simon and Mum go on a holiday, he meets other children. Is it possible to make new friends when you don’t speak the same language? Vilde’s Dad buys a telescope so Vilde and Simon can have some fun looking at the stars. But what is behind the stuff they can see in the telescope – what lies beyond the stars? Birte Svatun’s book philosophizes around everyday issues that children are curious about and like to discuss. Åshild Irgens’s beautiful and funny illustrations are a treat for grown-ups and children alike.

About the author and the illustrator Birte Svatun (b. 1958) is a journalist, teacher and writer from Åsgårdstrand. She worked as a journalist for the national network company NRK’s radio services for ten years, and has published several books for adults and for children. Åshild Irgens (b. 1976) is a sketch artist and illustrator. She was educated at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and has illustrated a number of picture books DOCUMENTARY BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY ÅSHILD IRGENS // ORIGINAL TITLE: TENKEBOKA // 64 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS PICTURE BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS

Block’s Album of Everything Åshild Kanstad Johnsen Block is back!

An exciting and imaginative picture book to hunt for tiny details in.

This time Block has decided to make an album of everything! And that means he has to take pictures of everything. He starts with his own house, and the Gran’s house, and Else’s. His album contains things he has collected and food he likes to eat. In addition to that he makes riddles, puzzles and recipes and presents clever advice and tricks. For instance, you can make a nice alphabet out of wooden blocks and rocks. In this book Block documents his private universe. It is an album to hunt for details in, while you gain insight into small tales from Block’s everyday life – everything from a visit to a school to when Gran found Block in the woods.

BLOCK MAKES A COMMOTION (2011) FOREIGN SALES // France, Germany, Sweden, Turkey BLOCK MAKES A MUSEUM (2010) FOREIGN SALES // China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey

About the author Åshild Kanstad Johnsen (b. 1978) has a degree in visual communication and works as a freelance illustrator.

PICTURE BOOKS FROM 5 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY ÅSHILD KANSTAD JOHNSEN ORIGINAL TITLE: KUBBES ALBUM OM ALT // 48 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTSV READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS

Max Fun Parachute Giraffe Mari Kjetun Crisis at the zoo!

Giraffe has gone bananas. He wants a kid. That gives Max the idea to invite some giraffes from Africa. As always, irresistibly illustrated by Johan Egerkrans. This is the fourth story about Max and Giraffe. Fun, easy to read stories for children who have learned how to read. The two first books have been translated into Swedish.

About the author and the illustrator Mari Kjetun is mad about giraffes and collects everything giraffe-related that she comes across. She once got a slobbery kiss on the cheek from a mother giraffe.

This is her sixth children’s book.

Johan Egerkrans started drawing when he was two years old and has illustrated innumerable books, movies and games.

READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY JOHAN EGERKRANS ORIGINAL TITLE: HELT MAX FALLSKJERMSJIRAFF // 40 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // Sweden, denmark

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The Tunnel Linn T. Sunne A suspense story for young readers.

Inexplicable things occur in Linn T. Sunne’s brief ghost story about what happened when Elisa drove up to Mountainhill. A boy gone missing, a glowing silver heart and a dark, dark, dark tunnel that may have no end … Rather spooky and perfectly scary, presented in a small format to suit children who have just started to read for themselves. Linn T. Sunne has written short suspense stories and mysteries for the same age group before.

The Gun, 2010

The Cellar, 2011

About the author Linn T. Sunne made her literary debut in 2000 and has written many books for children and adolescents since then. She has received the prestigious Brage Award twice and has also been awarded the School librarians’ Literary Prize.

READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTOFFER GRAV // ORIGINAL TITLE: TUNELLEN // 40 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // Sweden

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS

The World’s Best Tor Anneli Klepp Sometimes everything just goes wrong. That’s when it’s nice to have the best friend in the world.

Tor likes to read and play. Dad thinks he is a wimp.

Dad makes Tor take up climbing, jumping and boxing. Tor is frightened and falls. Finally he won’t take any more. He explodes! This is the sixth book about Mia and Tor. It is a wise, sad and funny story told in an easy manner and with plenty of illustrations – a bull’s eye for kids who have learned to read for themselves.

About the author and the illustrator Since her debut in 2006, Anneli Klepp has written a number of books for children and adolescents. Her writing is always suffused with warmth and humour. For more information, visit www.anneliklepp.no Camilla Billett has studied graphic design and advertising, and she runs her own design company. She has illustrated all the Mia and Tor books.

READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY CAMILLA BILLETT // ORIGINAL TITLE: VERDENS BESTE TOR // 40 PAGES

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Summer Surprises Anneli Klepp A heartfelt story about the worst summer ever.

Line is so angry and sad that she messes everything up! Dad cancels the summer vacation he had planned with Line. And Line was really looking forward to it! She just wants to forget Dad. She doesn’t want to think about holidays. But that’s all everyone else talks about! Before Line has time to calm down, she is arguing with her friends. Then she tells a lie about old Karlsen and then she tells one about Liline who supposedly knows how to gut a fish. Everything is just one big mess. The best solution is probably to run away …

The second book about Line deals with how hard it can be to talk about things that really make you feel sad.

About the author and the illustrator Anneli Klepp made her literary debut in 2006 with Lousy Complications and Warm Blueberry Pie. Since then she has written many books for children and adolescents.

Sandra Steffensen (b. 1987 in Mosjøen) studied illustration at Campus Kristiania University in Trondheim and at the University of Hertfordshire.

READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY SANDRA STEFFENSEN // ORIGINAL TITLE: SOMMER-OVERRASKELSER 112 PAGES // FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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The Worst Headmaster in the World Marius Molaug Laugh-out-loud comedy, packed with crazy and hilarious illustrations.

It is time for the annual swimming day at school, and this is Ruben’s final chance to earn his swimming achievement mark. There is only one problem: He can’t swim.

In order to earn the mark you must be able to swim 25 meters and dive down to the bottom of the pool. Oh, and you also have to save the headmaster, believe it or not. So, in addition to risking his own life, Ruben stands a fair chance of drowning his headmaster too. And although it doesn’t sound altogether bad to rid the world of the worst headmaster ever once and for all, it would be a lot better if Ruben himself didn’t have to die in the attempt.

In order to avoid that, he and his best friend Kent have to devise a plan. How to get out of swimming day – or preferably make sure the whole event is cancelled?

Ruben and Kent make some hair-raising and wild attempts, but the clock is ticking, and swimming day is approaching swiftly!

About the author and the illustrator Marius Horn Molaug (b. 1976) and Kristoffer Kjølberg (b. 1980) are members of a creative community called Dongery, which works with graphic design, illustrations, cartoons and art. Kjølberg has done the illustrations, and the text is by Molaug.

READ ALONE 6-9 YEARS // LLUSTRATED BY KRISTOFFER KJØLBERG // ORIGINAL TITLE: VERDENS VERSTE REKTOR // 112 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS FROM 8 YEARS

The Frogs Football Team 10: Downhill Football Warm comedy, crazy enterprises and loads of soccer.

Previously published: 1: The New Boy 2: National Match 3: Training Camp 4: The Club 5: Buns and Blood 6: The Victory Howl 7: Fog Match 8: Limbo’s Plan 9: Teamwork

The Frogs are dead set against having a disco at the sports’ hall. The hall is for soccer only, and perhaps a little roller-skating. So they decide to sabotage Sally and Sandra’s arrangement. Lots of older kids have been invited and the whole event will probably just turn into a rowdy party. But coach Robert tells the Frogs to stop being such a nuisance if they want any help organizing a football cup. So now the question is this: How on earth do you combine disco, soccer and roller-skating?

The Frogs Football Team series is about friendship, football and team spirit. Meet the gang in the very green uniforms: Forgetful Limbo, Rebekka who won’t wear anything but pink, Ola who takes his football really seriously, Tom and Thea, a couple of twins who know how to tackle, Mette who always ends up fighting with the bullying, thirteen year old girls, Sebastian who always seems to lag behind and Viggo who feels a bit too small.

About the author Bjørn Ingvaldsen (b. 1962) made his literary debut in 1995, and published his first children’s book, Tall Shoes, in 1998. Since

then he has written a number of books for children and adults.

Several of his books have been translated into other languages.

FROM 8 YEARS // ILLUSTRATED BY SANDRA STEFFENSEN // ORIGINAL TITLE: FOTBALLAGET FROSKENE 10: NEDOVERFOTBALL // 120 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // Denmark

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Operation Summer Island Jørn Lier Horst Detective Agency No. 2 It is the hottest day they’ve had for some time. Tiril and Oliver are relaxing down by the Old Harbour when they see three boats drift ashore. The boats have been abandoned, and there are no clues as to who was on board. Together with their dog Åtto, the two young sleuths start investigating, and their findings lead them out to dark and dismal Summer Island.

About the author Jørn Lier Horst (b. 1970 in Bamble) has worked many years as head of investigations at the Vestfold Police Chamber. He published his first detective story in 2004. He received the 2011 Booksellers’ Award for his novel Closed for Winter.

His first book in the Clue-series – suspense tales for older children – was shortlisted for ARK’s Children’s Book Award 2012.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // LLUSTRATED BY HANS JØRGEN SANDNES ORIGINAL TITLE: OPERASJON SOMMERØYA // 112 PAGES

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS FROM 8 YEARS

Operation Windblast Detective Agency No. 2 Can Tiril and Oliver manage to discover who’s responsible for a burglary – before it has taken place?

A sheet of paper comes drifting with the North Wind. The paper contains a suspicious-looking list, and Tiril and Oliver realize that someone is planning something illegal, perhaps a burglary. Who wrote the list? And when and how is the burglary to take place? Will the two sleuths be able to prevent a burglary – before it occurs?

About the illustrator Hans Jørgen Sandnes (b. 1979) is a Norwegian illustrator and animator. He has made several cartoons based on Alf Prøysen’s children’s songs and an anniversary edition of his Circus Mikkelikski. Sandnes has also made new illustrations for several of Anne Cath. Vestly’s Granny and the Eight Kids books in addition to working with illustrations and animations in a number of other cultural projects for children.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // LLUSTRATED BY HANS JØRGEN SANDNES ORIGINAL TITLE: OPERASJON VINDKAST // 112 PAGES

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Svingen’s Dark World: The Halloween House Arne Svingen Stian and Magnus are trick or treating, but they’re a bit late. There is hardly any candy in their bags when Magnus decides to try a house where no child has ever dared ring the doorbell. As Stian stands waiting for him outside the gate, he discovers something weird: a number of children are approaching the house, and they are all wearing masks that are a lot creepier than the ones you find in a shop. Could this be a Halloween party that no one told him and Magnus about? The truth turns out to be a lot worse than he ever could have imagined.

Svingen’s Dark World: Evil Basement

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: SVINGENS MØRKE VERDEN: HALLOWEEN HUSET // 64 PAGES ORIGINAL TITLE: SVINGENS MØRKE VERDEN: ONDSKAPENS KJELLER // 64 PAGES

Is there something … living in Kine and Sivert’s basement? Sivert has come across a strange book.

It says that there is a hidden treasure in the basement of the house they just moved into. One day he and his sister are home alone, and finally they have a chance to explore the basement. The only thing is, they have to be really careful so they don’t wake the guardian.

About the author Arne Svingen 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. He has also written several novels for adults. In 2005 he received the Brage Prize for best children’s or young adults’ book of the year and his Ballad of a Broken Nose brought him The Ministry of Culture’s Literary Award. Arne Svingen’s books have been translated into ten languages.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // LLUSTRATED BY TORSTEIN NORDSTRAND FOREIGN SALES // Denmark

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Tidligere utgivelser Den onde læreren Spøkelseshotellet Mannen med seks fingre En glefsende kjeft Grusomme netter Kappen Bødlene på kirkegården Rom 13 Den slemme eleven

About the illustrator Torstein Nordstrand is an illustrator and visual designer. He lives in Bergen.

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

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CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS FROM 10 YEARS

The Magic Man Bjørn Ingvaldsen A powerful story, seen through the eyes of a child, about what can happen when everyone around you fails.

Otto doesn’t hang with the others. He spends most of his time alone, collecting empty bottles and getting stuff his own way. His mother tells him not to get up to anything silly, but he doesn’t. At least not in the woods. What he gets there is protection. That is where he meets the Magic Man. I was in the woods. In the woods, under the trees.

The Magic Man was there. I was wearing shorts and a blue jumper. He was wearing a suit, a dark suit. Not his large coat, it was probably too warm.

He gave me chocolate, it had been lying too long in his pockets, it had melted, it trickled down my fingers, down my arms, down on to my thighs and knees. I wiped it off with some grass, but I felt sticky. The Magic Man had balls; red, blue. He hid them in his hand and I had to guess where the red one was, I was always wrong.

How do you do it? I asked.

It’s magic, he said.

How many tricks do you know?

I know them all..

About the author Bjørn Ingvaldsen (b. 1962) has written a number of children’s books, among others the popular books about the roaming disaster Espen Herbert. Many of Ingvaldsen’s books have been translated into other languages.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 8 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: TRYLLEMANNEN // 135 PAGES FOREIGN SALES // DENMARK

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The Rat War 2: Cody’s Choice Einar Andreas Lund The thrilling sequel to a different rat story about honour, betrayal, love and hope.

Together with the other battle rats and Frøya the Mouse, the black rat Cody crawls through the sewers in an attempt to get back to their headquarters after the battle against the brown rats. Cody knows that everything has changed. He thinks of the horrific ordeals awaiting him if they are to win the war against the cruel brown rats. Can he ever become a cold-hearted battle rat with filed teeth? Will he have to enter into close combat against the tyrant Vlad’s merciless soldiers?

Just like his deceased father, Cody is a true dreamer, a visionary who sees future events. That might help the black rats defeat the evil forces, but is Cody willing to put all his weight into the struggle? And most importantly: Is he brave enough to choose Frøya, whom he loves, and leave his mother and everyone else important to him?

The Rat War 1: Cody’s Heritage, 2011

About the author Einar Andreas Lund (b. 1965) lives in Oslo. He is a trained gestalt therapist and has also studied psychodrama, and he works as an art broker and writer. He has published several books for children and adults.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: ROTTEKRIGEN 2: CODYS VALG 380 PAGES

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In the Seventh Heaven NOT! Mari Kjetun A book about physics, spitting cherry pits and struggling to keep your best friend.

It’s better never to be picked than to be picked last of all. That’s why Lind doesn’t hang with any of the girl crews in her class. But she does need Hilde, who all of a sudden has started showing Britt (or Shit-Britt as Lind decides to call her from now) a lot more attention.

Anyway, Lind is tough enough to follow her own path. She isn’t interested in boyfriends and other girlie stuff. Hilde, however, seems to have transformed into a whole different person when they get back from summer vacation. She has become strangely similar to the other girls. So Lind has no choice but to adapt and try to be a more girlish version of her self. And it proves to be difficult, too.

Lind gets caught in a web of lies, lots of lies. But all is fair in love and war. And Lind simply HAS to win Hilde back.

A novel for avid young readers, about fitting in and how wrong some strategies can turn out to be.

About the author Mari Kjetun (b. 1966) is a writer and an interior decoration journalist. Her first book was Thieves, Trouble and a Shining Comet, the winning title in Norli and Gyldendal’s children’s books competition in 2008

Previously published Max Fun Parachute Luck (2014), Max Fun Lighthouse Luck (2013), Max in Africa (2012), Max at the Zoo (2011), Turmoil and Tumbles and a Hungry Giraffe (2010), Thieves, Trouble and a Shining Comet (2009)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: I SJUENDE HIMMEL. NOT! 135 PAGES

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June and the Jotuns Sissel Chipman The Jotun sisters Målfrid and Tora are desperate.

Count Holman was expecting a delivery of goods last week, and they have lost their human girl. Now they need to buy a new girl and ship her through the magic portal to find a dragon’s egg. The only problem is that they have used all their money, so their only option is to capture a human girl themselves.

About the author Sissel Chipman (b.1965) is a Norwegian children’s book author.

Chipman is originally from Nørrerøy and now lives in Canada.

Her first book, Dragons Don’t Eat Sneakers, was published in 2002 and is a fantasy book for children

Previously published Professor Barlow’s Werewolf Experiment Sokki 4: Sokki Sees Ghosts Sokki 3: The Feisty Pony Sokki 2: The Suspicious Pony Sokki 1: In Search of the Perfect Pony The Prisoners of Daudaborg Magic Over Misty Mire

CHILDREN’S BOOKS FROM 10 YEARS // ORIGINAL TITLE: JUNI OG JOTNENE 192 PAGES

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Billie Ve Julia Kahrs A warm, touching and unbelievably thrilling novel for children.

Billie Ve has discovered something creepy, mysterious and quite awful: a strand of hair, a tooth and a Wanted-poster for something gross called Grimares. She tries to tell people about her discoveries and suspicions, but no one believes her, and when she takes her family to see the poster, it has vanished.

The next day is field trip day for the class. Billie hates field trips worse than even orienteering and handball combined. And then the oddest thing happens: The lights go out and Billie finds herself alone in the forest. Something bites her hand.

Could it be a … Grimare?

A thrilling children’s novel about courage, new friendships and about faith – faith in oneself and faith in something one didn’t even know existed.

About the author Julia Lossius Kahrs (b. 1985) is a writer and student. Her first book, The Silver Foxes, was published in 2009.

Previously published The Silver Foxes (2009) East of Dim Peak (2012)

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The Teacher’s Son 3: Underwater Phobia Bjørn Ingvaldsen Viktor sees the final disaster approaching. His father’s twin brother, lurking on the outskirts, poses a threat to reveal their little double game. So Viktor has no other choice but to raise the stakes. And he has a brilliant starting point: He has just started taking scuba diving lessons, so there is a whole ocean full of treasures waiting for him out there. Of that he is certain. With no concern for his own life, Viktor dives into the chaos of problems his father has created, and an unexpected helper appears.

Viktoria. But she isn’t just some anonymous zero, for her father is a red-dressed biker, and also the school’s headmaster. Her father also happens to be a rather ill tempered man …

This is the third and final book about the teacher’s son. Warm comedy and great generosity, as we have come to expect from Ingvaldsen.

About the author Bjørn Ingvaldsen (b. 1962) has written a number of books for children and adults, among others the popular books about the mobile disaster Espen Herbert.

Many of his books have been translated into other languages.

Read these, too: The Teacher’s Son, Book 1: The New Teacher The Teacher’s Son, Book 2: Full Speed Nowhere

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Brown Longear Synnøve Borge This book tells the story of one bat-year in the life of a bat. Through a whole year we follow a brown long-eared bat, a charming and beautiful little creature, and its ups and downs, dangers and joys as it leads a nocturnal life and spends the day sleeping in a church tower. This bat’s long ears and big brown eyes set it apart from other Norwegian species, but even so it offers us insights that are relevant for a genus that exists in huge numbers all over the world and about which we have surprisingly little knowledge.

Lise Myhre’s illustrations give us a greatly enhanced experience of the brown long-eared bat’s exciting life.

About the author and the illustrator Synnøve Borge (b. 1960) has a university degree in pedagogics and has studied creative writing for children at Norsk Barnebokinstitutt. She works as a science teacher. Brown Longear is her first book.

Lise Myhre-Hestnæs (b. 1975) is a Norwegian cartoonist known for her comic strip Nemi.

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The Bullshit Filter Oda Faremo Lindholm Why do advertisements and pop videos portray girls as porn stars?

Why is the self-esteem of young girls sinking?

What lies behind the current drive towards “perfection”? Why do advertisers and modeling firms retouch their images in order to create a “perfection” that isn’t there? When did young lady bloggers (so-called pink bloggers) achieve such power?

And why has all this led to a situation where the genders have become more stereotypical than they have been for ages?

These are some of the questions Oda Faremo Lindholm attempts to answer in her highly relevant book The Bullshit Filter. She shows how glossy magazines, TV series and social media influence the self-image of girls, and she gives them the tools they need to recognize the influences they are exposed to every day. This tool, the bullshit filter, will help them to see through the artificialness and hopefully find more satisfaction in themselves as they are.

About the author Oda Faremo Lindholm (b. 1988) writes for the newspaper Dagsavisen. She used to work as a journalist and editorial chief for Natt & Dag. In addition she is working on a Master’s degree in History at the University of Oslo, and she has also studied French Culture at the Sorbonne.

The Bullshit Filter is her first book.

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The Revolver Kid Arne Svingen An action packed, warm, moving and different story for kids who can’t stop reading, by the author of the awardwinning Ballad of a Broken Nose.

This is Robin Hood Evensen’s story. He grows up in a family of criminals. Even as a child he knows almost everything about being a criminal. But one day his dad is released from jail, and Robin looks forward to finally leading a normal life. But someone has it in for his father, and suddenly Robin finds himself in the middle of a dramatic showdown between hard-boiled criminals.

This is a book about taking a gun to school, an exploding car and some very dangerous Russians.

But more than that, it is about Robin Hood Evensen’s friendship with Martin – and about a very special dad.

About the author Arne Svingen is one of Norway’s most popular and productive authors. In 2005 he received the Brage Prize for best children’s/YA book. Ballad of a

Broken Nose (2012) brought him The Ministry of Culture’s Literary Award. Arne Svingen’s books have been translated into 10 languages.

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Primitive Possums Arne Svingen An original and hysterically funny novel for young adults, from one of our best children’s book authors.

Dick has decided to set an unbreakable record: He is going to be the most negative person ever. It’s a revolutionary idea. It’s brilliant. And it is incredibly hard to follow through.

Primitive Possums is a book about great ideas, meetings that won’t take place and a party that goes down in history. You’ll split your sides laughing, perhaps shed a tear or two and maybe even grow a little wiser. Meet Dick, Jønna and Vilde – and experience a few days that almost change the course of humanity.

About the author Arne Svingen (b. 1967) is one of our most popular writers. His production spans from easy reads to novels for children and adolescents. He has also written several novels for adults.

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“Arne Svingen’s story about Dick and Bønna is so good that it should become a series. A hilarious book about a 15-year-old in love.”

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And My Heart Just Elen Betanzo

From the reviews of Blackout “An impressive and uplifting story abot young people who betray each other and themselves.”

MARIUS EMANUELSEN, BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO

«I pull my dress up over my thighs, meet his eyes before I disappear behind the fabric. And time stops.

He can see all of me now. Slowly, slowly. His gaze feels like soft touches against my skin. What is he thinking? With my face hidden behind the dress, I shut my eyes for a brief second.»

Emma experiences her first great love the summer before tenth grade. But he is American, and he’ll be going home again when the vacation is over. Emma is left staggering in Stavanger with a heart that has been ripped open. How does she deal with this love sorrow? How can she tackle the loss? And with autumn and the cold weather, other boys appear. Because there are others, aren’t there? Other arms that can keep her warm and safe? A low-voiced and highly recognizable love story for adolescents.

About the author Ellen Betanzo (b. 1984) is from Stavanger. She currently resides in Oslo. She made her literary debut in 2008 with the novel Writing Love Letters. The book was shortlisted for one of the Ministry of Culture’s prizes for children’s literature, and has been translated into Swedish.

Previously published Blackout Jonas møter Anton apekatt

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The Vortex Caterina Cattaneo Two young people are put to the test when they come face to face with greed, brutality and death.

Live is going away on an InterRail ticket, and she never wants to return. She has to leave everything that reminds her of the loss of her sister, of her mother’s turning into a human zombie and of the fact that no one likes her.

On the train she meets Robert who not only likes her, he even wants her to go wreck diving with him. She loves diving, but that isn’t the only reason she agrees to go with him: Robert is goodlooking, and he sees the whole her. She is heading for something good. But then they find something that changes everything. Something that puts them in situations they never could have imagined and forces them do to things they never would have done under different circumstances.

About the author Caterina Cattaneo (b. 1967) is a Norwegian-Italian writer. Her first book for young adults was the dark fantasy novel Journey of

Death (2011). She has also written two novels for adults and edited a charity anthology in support of building a library in South Africa.

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Café Vespa Martina Gaux Friends, according to Jeho, are something one loses. So he decides not to go looking for new ones and basically just stay away from anything that is difficult or dangerous. But then the unthinkable occurs and he stumbles across a corpse on his newspaper round. And when the deceased turns out to be THE girl he always imagined sitting behind him on his imaginary Vespa, Jeho seems to be approaching the abyss he always feared.

And he realizes that the secretive Marlin is right when she says: “The only way to survive is not to let anyone know who you are, where you are or what you are doing.” But it’s too late. Jeho is already knee-deep in what turns out to be a murder case.

About the author Martina Gaux Martina Gaux (b. 1959) was one of the first students to finish the Norwegian Institute of Children’s Books courses in creative writing for children.She lives in Oslo, where she shares her time between writing and her post as a librarian.

Previously published The Fly 3,5 x4 Hangman

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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.

About the author Thomas Enger (b. 1973) has worked as a journalist. He made his literary debut with the crime novel Burned in 2009, a book that

“[Enger] uses ingredients from several suspense genres - and succeeds ... high tempo and suspense that keeps the readers on the edge of their seats” DAGBLADET

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drew considerable attention even before it was published. So far, the Henning Juul series has been sold to 24 countries.

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Shadowborn Jan Tore Noreng Friendship. Love. Anxiety. Conflict. Fucking Collapse!

Four teenagers on the run. ”Troubled bastards”, to quote Kalle. An abandoned farm, miles from anyone, surrounded by a dark pine forest. Perfect for kids like them: children of the shadows. But something already lives in the shadows. Something archaic and dangerous. And it is crawling forth …

All Jon, Pia, Kalle and Andreas wanted, was to escape a society they had learned to hate, and where there didn’t seem to be any room for them – but what they find in the darkness they seek, turns out to be far more frightening and dangerous than they could have imagined.

About the author Jan Tore Nordeng (b. 1968) lives on the island of Senja. He has studied and taught creative writing.

He has previously published two books for young adults, the horror novel School of Death and the fantasy novel The Dream Hunter.

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Kire 1: Hulder Tonje Tornes What if every fairy tale was true...?

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 into this world of magic, is the seductive hulder Flora …

Hulder is the first volume of the Kire Trilogy.

“I’m sorry, Stephenie Meyer, your days are numbered. Make way for the hulders!”

BOK365.NO

“There’s not exactly any lack of fantasy books, but Norwegian debut novels that are actually really good, are very welcome ... well-written, charming, suspenseful and quite serious.”

DAGBLADET

About the author 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.

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The Urban Legend Season 1: A true super hero is born Josef Tzegai Yohannes Malcolm T. Madiba is a 29 year old high school teacher in the fictive city «Capital City» (also known as City of God). When a close friend is robbed and Malcolm’s cousin is murdered, Malcolm swears an oath to give all criminals what they deserve. Disguised as The Urban Legend, Malcolm makes use of all his martial arts skills.

The Urban Legend Season 1 – A true super hero is born contains the first eight Urban Legend stories plus a great deal of previously unpublished material about the author, new Urban Legend stories and other exciting background facts.

The Urban Legend is published as a comic strip in USA Today.

About the author Josef Tzegai Yohannes was born in Denmark, but his family stems from Erittrea.

He moved to Norway when he was nine years old and grew up at Lindeberg in Oslo. Yohannes has studied Political Science and Human Rights, he has worked as a teacher, as a volunteer for The Red Cross and as an activity leader for the childcare services. Yohannes has recently been appointed Norwegian ambassador for The Nelson Mandela Foundation.

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Beta 1: The Escape Amund Hestsveen and Torborg Igland Volume 1 of an intense and action-packed trilogy about Scandinavia sixty years from now. ”Don’t give up. I’m coming for all of you.”

A message is fastened to the arrow that thwacks into the wall behind Jor. Someone is coming for her. But how? Skandia has a stranglehold on everyone. Does anyone dare to cross the generals? And where is Kodak – has Livni turned him in?

In an alternative version of our world, in the decades following a military coup, the Nordic nations’ identities have been erased, and the totalitarian state Skandia has evolved. Pollution disasters have made nature toxic, and the sea is out of bounds. Art, literature and music are banned. Very few have a concept of family life, most people grow up in dorms, in fierce competition to be chosen for officer training and a privileged life. Just before the dreaded Selection is about to take place, fifteen year old Kodak, Livni and Jor unearth a dreadful secret. Something has to happen. And they understand what they have to do …

About the authors Amund Hestsveen (b. 1971) lives in Kristiansand.

Torborg Igland (b. 1967) lives in Grimstad. They have university degrees in philology and social sciences, respectively. Both have worked as newspaper journalists for fifteen years and are now freelancers.

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The Raven Rings 1: Odin’s Child Siri Pettersen Imagine lacking something that everyone else has. Something that proves that you belong to this world. Something so vital, that without it, you are nothing. A dangerous carrier of the rot.

A mythical creature. A human.

“... An impressive work running at steady pace towards a spectacular conclusion.”

DAGBLADET

“An impressive fantasy universe ... nervewracking suspense and convincing characters” VG

“... so well crafted and so exciting that it seems almost incomprehensible that a debut author is capable of such an achievement.”

ALTAPOSTEN

Fifteen winters old, Hirka learns that she is not like everybody else. She is a human, a child of Odin – a creature from another world. She has no tail, and she cannot access the magic of the earth.

According to legend she is also dangerous, a carrier of disease. Her situation becomes all the more precarious as she realizes that someone powerful wants to kill her to make sure her origin remains a secret. But there are worse things than Odin’s kin, and Hirka is not the only creature to have broken through the gates.

The first book of the Raven Rings trilogy, Odin’s Child is epic fantasy for young adults, with pageturner qualities and a clear crossover appeal.

The world it takes place in, Ymslanda, is clearly influenced by Norse myths, but its inspiration can also be found in feudal Japan.

Om forfatteren Siri Pettersen (b. 1971) won Bladkompaniet’s comic book competition in 2002, with the series Anti-Climax. The series won her the Sproing prize for rookie of the

year. She works as an art director for Kantega, and in her spare time she councils companies on design, identity and vision development issues.

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The Raven Rings 2: The Rot Siri Pettersen The long awaited sequel to Odin’s Child.

To spare Ymslanda the danger she represents and to discover the mystery of her own origin, Hirka enters the world of mankind. She struggles to survive without money, language skills, or even a remote grasp of modern life. But things are about to get much worse ... THE ROT takes the epic fantasy of ODIN’S CHILD to the familiar, urban landscape we know as our own, bridging the gap between worlds, while exploring some of the most important questions of our time.

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