Romance & relations


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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. ...

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Everybody Gets it but You

Lisa Bjärbo

For four years Johan has been in love with his best friend. For four years he has managed to hide it. For four years he has held it together, listened, and faked interest when she went on and on about her love stories. But pretty soon he won’t be abl ...

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In this tree

Katarina Kieri

Two of Sweden’s best authors of young adult fiction let their characters meet each other in the very same book! Meet Siri and Jakob in two separate stories that now and then entwine with each other and meet. To be published in 2010, rights sold to Ne ...

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Like Magic

Mårten Melin

It looked as if he was thinking about something. His head jerked back and forth a little. "Aren't you afraid?" he asked suddenly and looked at me. "Yeah," I answered."But I don't give a damn about that!" One day, he's simply there on the jetty. Mika ...

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What if that’s me

Johanna Lindbäck

1.Be normal. Completely ordinary. Absolutely 100% normal.2.Be open and outgoing and talk with everybody. Don’t have any preconceived ideas. Be kind and nice and happy and friendly. Or at any rate pretend to be that. Make contact with people. BE OPEN! ...

Hjärtslag och hjärnsläpp

Heartbeats... and Going Bonkers

Ingelin Angerborn

For the first time in world history best mates Emma and Johanna have succeeded in falling in love with a guy each. Johan M and Johan G. But why then is Emma together with Alex? He’s the annoying boy in class 6F, the one with the even more annoying ma ...

Kärleksboken

The Romance Book

Lin Hallberg

Don’t talk rubbish about each other. Keep together whatever happens.Don’t steal each other’s boyfriends. Never lie to each other. Never force anyone to go along with something. These are the rules that Auriel and her girls’ gang set up for each othe ...

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My Brother Sort Of

Johanna Lindbäck

“Are you absolutely raving mad!” said Manda furiously. “What are you doing? Hell, he is almost together with...!”   “Do you think I don’t know?” said Nina, her face in a cushion. “Do you think I’m stupid?”   “Yeah, well... how the ...

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It’s My Life

Katarina von Bredow

Jessica is 15 years old when she loses her virginity and becomes pregnant. The people around her try to convince her to have an abortion, but after much deliberation she decides to keep the child. Her boyfriend runs off in a panic, and her parents ca ...

Kramar och krångel

Hugs and Trouble

Ingelin Angerborn

In this sequel to Pussar och P.S./Kisses and P.S. Emma and Johanna have signed up for circus school. Rasmus is there too, a really cute guy with long, curly hair. Of course Emma and Johanna fall head over heels for him, but they don’t tell each other ...

Majas morsas kompis sambo

Maja’s Mum’s Mate’s Partner and other Stories

Katarina Kieri

a high schoola couple of breakdownsa few love storiesa handful of betrayalsa lot of frighteven more longingeleven stories Lena doesn’t remember anything ever happening in October. "As months go, October is like the equivalent of a Tuesday; it’s just ...

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A Little Shock

Johanna Lindbäck

Gustav hoped for three things when he started high school: 1) A girlfriend, or at least a temporary girlfriend to have sex with, at least once. 2) A bunch of new friends who share his interests, in other words not sports. 3) A new personality. Onl ...

Pussar och P.S.

Hugs and P.S.

Ingelin Angerborn

Emma and Johanna don’t know each other, but they go to the same school and both of them keep a diary. They write about mates, about difficult brothers and sisters, about boring parents who do nothing but work, about choosing who will play the lead ro ...

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I Look at You when Your Eyes Are Closed

Gunnar Ardelius

One day a strange hole appears, your love Sally travels to Berlin and makes globes out of used McDonald’s cartons; father’s gone but comes and stuffs money through the letterbox at night; your mother sneaks a cigarette in the psych ward. It feels as ...

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Is It Enough if I Love You?

Katarina von Bredow

Fanny, 19 years old, is in the middle of her first ‘real’ relationship. She is still living at home with her mum, but her boyfriend has a little flat of his own. Fanny lives with him most of the time, and everything is perfect, but one day she notice ...

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I Need You More Than I Love You, and I Love You to Bits...

Gunnar Ardelius

When Morris meets Betty, love is unavoidable. In short prose passages, we get to follow the course of their passionate love. This is a very confident debut written in a way that surprises the reader. The author has provided us with a miniature prose ...