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
Systrarna Steffi och Nelli är tolv och åtta år gamla. De skickas av sina föräldrar till Sverige för att undkomma judeförföljelserna i sitt hemland Österrike. Systrarna vet ingenting om Sverige, bara att de ska bo på en ö i Göteborgs skärgård
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
