Fright
Peter Bergting
A frightfully terrifying collection of the best classics and well-known monsters from the world of literature and films. Peter Bergting, perhaps Sweden’s best known fantasy illustrator, has brought together horror favourites from throughout the ages…
This is My Life
Rose Lagercrantz
Every year Sophia yearns to go to summer camp. Her biggest dream is to be with the other kids, “the normal ones” as she calls them. But it is not so simple when you are not ordinary. Sophia is autistic. On her birthday, she suddenly decides to escape…
Hating Gustavsberg
Agnes Lindström
Mirre lives in Gustavsberg and she sees it as being a form of punishment. Nothing ever happens here. No conflicts. No surprises. Until Mirre comes out of the closet – to the surprise of herself and her family. Agnes Lindstrom’s first novel is a refre…
The longing of my narrow shoulders
Maria Frensborg
The Longing of my Narrow Shoulders is a tale about being yourself, and staying true to yourself, at the same time as you’re madly in love. With a large dose of humour, intuition and insight, Maria Frensborg writes about love, friendship, betrayal and…
As the Stars Fall
Lin Hallberg
Tess and Tom. Tom and Tess. And how love and loyalty to a horse can give so much power that one can make the seemingly impossible in order to save it. Tess’s parents plan to follow her grandmother’s last wish. They leave town on a cold January nigh…
You are Going to Miss Me!
Moa Herngren
I am seventeen years old. I decided to become an adult less than 24 hours ago and I’m already a criminal. Now I’m on the run from the police and hiding in the woods.When Mom travels to the countryside with her new lover and Dad flyes to Mallorca with…
Deep Sea
Annika Thor
Review for the English edition: ‘The third installment in a proposed quartet of books about Stephie’s experiences as a Jewish refugee in Sweden during World War II that began with Batchelder-winning Faraway Island (2009) and honor book The Lily Pond…
A Faraway Island
Annika Thor
Stephie and Nellie Steiner are sent from Vienna to Sweden in 1939 to escape the German persecution of the Jews. Their mother and father have to remain behind, and Stephie, who is twelve, has promised to look after her little sister. On the ferry carr…
