A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book, The Lily Pond continues the story of two Jewish sisters who left Austria during WWII/Holocaust and found refuge in Sweden.A year after Stephie Steiner and her younger sister, N
I snart fyra år har Wienflickorna Steffi och hennes lillasyster Nelli varit i Sverige. Steffi går i läroverket i Göteborg, Nelli är kvar hos sin fosterfamilj. Steffi är snart sexton, på väg att bli vuxen. Hela livet ligger framför henne. Om bara
Äntligen fred! Kriget är slut och Steffi tar studenten. Nu måste hon bestämma sig för var hon hör hemma. I Sverige, i Wien eller kanske hos släktingarna i Amerika? Steffis val blir inte lättare av att Sven dyker upp, på själva fredsdagen, och k�
När Nora börjar sexan är ingenting som vanligt längre. Sabina, som varit hennes bästa kompis sedan de var små, vill plötsliga vara med Fanny och klassens tuffa gäng. Karin vill vara med Nora. Men vill Nora vara med Karin? Nora dras in i en härva
Desiree is an April witch, clairvoyant and omniscient, traveling through time and space into the world denied her. April Witch created a furor upon its original publication in Sweden. Addressing themes of mother-daughter relationships, competition between
Set in a Swedish village about to enter the modern age, the story begins in the 1870s, as an excited and suspicious citizenry await the first train to arrive at their newly constructed station. We're introduced gradually to a townful of hardy and endearin
In the heart of the countryside, a young puppy leaves his home to follow his mother & master. But away from the safe haven of the farm, the puppy soon becomes lost and is left to struggle for survival in the wild. The puppy becomes wild, trusting no h
When Hillevi, a young, inexperienced midwife, moves from the university town of Uppsala to the wilderness of Svartvattnet (Blackwater) to be with her unofficial fiancé, she is ill prepared for what awaits her. In this frigid, austere, and isolated territ
