New books 2010

I gryningen tror jag att mamma ska väcka mig

At Dawn I Believe Mom Will Wake Me

Christina Wahldén

Super strong and contemporary! Sixteen-year-old Ombeni escaped war torn Congo for Sweden. She is the oldest daughter in a big family, and has witnessed horrible violence in her homeland, pictures that are constantly before her eyes. She lives in nor ...

Djävulsdåd och änglavrål

Devil Deeds and Angel Roars

Helena von Zweigbergk

Exciting and right on for the voracious middle grade reader! One day when Åke is home alone he hears strange sounds from the walkway outside. Across from the front door sits Åke’s snow racer covered by an old rug. Something moves underneath the rug ...

Vad hatet gör kan ingen fatta

Nobody can understand what hatred does to Martha

Marie-Chantal Long

Marie-Chantal Long has written a petrifying psychological thriller that will leave nobody untouched. It is so exciting, so believable, and so close to the main characters that you feel them breathe. Martha feels as though she is owned. Owned by her ...

Alfons med styrkesäcken

Alfie Atkins With the Sack of Power

Gunilla Bergström

Old-fashioned fairy tale? Or a modern picture book story?Read it any way you like. Alfie is almost seven years old now, and having magical adventures. Somewhere between the ordinary everyday - and an inner, secret world… They both exist! They both ...

Nöff nöff Benny

Oink Oink, Benny

Barbro Lindgren

This third book about Benny the piglet is as heartwarming as the other two. Benny and his brother are tired of being inside. They want to go snuffling about outside for a bit. Off they go to the mud pool even though their mother said they mustn’t. Th ...

Flytt är flytt och kommer aldrig igen

Movers and Shakers

Peter Arrhenius

“It should be difficult to change the world,” Izzy said. “If it was easy anybody could do it.” Izzy, Farzad, Robin and Frida – The Fellowship for Good Deeds – find themselves immersed in new problems when they secretly help a couple move a basement ...

Komma över

Getting Over

Ingrid Olsson

Love is such a big word, Emma said. Almost too big. Jeppe agrees. Now he does. Now he wishes he had never met her, because then he wouldn’t have to know how it can feel. When it’s for real. When it’s so big that there is not enough room inside. ...

Carmen Carlsson och flickan med silverrösten

Carmen Carlsson and the Girl With the Silver Voice

Anna-Karin Eurelius

When Samira from Afghanistan arrives in Carmen’s class a number of things happen. Carmen and Samira will be singing together at the Christmas party, and the two of them start to practice. Slowly, a strong friendship begins to grow and Carmen believe ...

Bomber och kvantskutt

Bombs and Quantum Leaps

Mikael Engström

Ika and Ibsen’s world is a little different from ours. Crazy inventors in the basement, and museums with stuffed elephants.A little crooked. Just like real life. Age: 6-9

Snart är jag borta

Soon, I Will Be Gone

Hanna Jedvik

About longing to be elsewhere, longing to be someone else, about love, about cute guys and girls with sores, about things that move you and things that break. Hanna Jedvik’s debut book crawls under your skin. Maja bangs her head against the wall an ...

Megavega & Supernova och mjölkmannen

Megavega & Supernova and the Milk Man

Jan Vierth

Super-villain Gjerta is out to get Megavega and Supernova. The sisters have to hide on earth and they have to conceal their super powers. But it is not altogether easy to pretend to be a regular child when you are really a superhero… To get away fro ...

Bara kärlek kan krossa ditt hjärta

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Gunnar Ardelius

When do you know that it’s really over? Morris wonders. He tries hard to run away from the memory of Betty. He jogs the lit trail with Dad, loop after loop. One day someone catches up with him on the trail: Lena. She is a new world, with a small mo ...

Tora-lora-lej Önskelistan

Tora-Lora-Lej: The Wish List

Åsa Karsin

It is almost Christmas and Tora and her little brother Sam have a lot to do. Gingerbread cookies have to be baked, Christmas presents have to be arranged, and then there is the Lucia procession, both at home and at school. Tora has started school, ...

Skogens systrar Flykten

The Escape

Petrus Dahlin

Road movie for the insatiable middle grade readers! The Escape starts up where Sisters of the Forest, published last year, ended. This time the story is told by Tuva, one of four orphaned sisters, who, since nine months, live in separate places. The ...

Ingen ser dig

Nobody Can See You

Anna Knutsson

Lost in the hills, and with three escaped prisoners not far behind them! A really exciting adventure thriller with a feel of Blair Witch about it.“They move quietly. They must listen for the sound of the waterfall. They ought to have reached it by no ...

Alfons bollar med siffror

Alfie Juggles With Numbers

A fun and playful book of numbers for children who are just starting to get curious about numbers. Numbers are everywhere: when we learn to tell time, shop, or tell people how old we are, to give just a few examples. Here you get to participate whe ...