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The Wood

Sarah Engell

16-year-old Ash has lost his mum to cancer and now lives alone with his dad. They don’t see much of each other because his dad is all-consumed by a big research project and has been so since he lost his wife. When Ash attends a graduation...

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Happy Happy

Mette Vedsø

Happy Happy is a novel about 13-year-old, Ubbe, who is accidentally given a super expensive golf set and in a mix-up starts frequenting the golf club in the liebhaber part of town. Ubbe is dead set to keep this a secret to his dad. Because ...

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Nightshade: the Rosenholm trilogy (3)

Gry Kappel Jensen

“You took everything from me. You took my future, my story and my name. My life. But sweet is the revenge that I am owed. Revenge belongs to me…”After two hectic years at the Rosenholm Boarding School, Kamille, Kirstine, Victoria and ...

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The Silent Three: the Bell of the Dead (3)

Synne Kristine Eriksen

Eternal dusk. An army on the march. Trees that whisper about death.The Bell Maker, Myrhat, is scared.Scared of the Twilight that never lets go.Scared of the Shadows haunting her.Scared because Sigurd has rung one of the Magic Bells and now ...

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The Little Handbook on how to Handle Difficult Parents

Nina Lynggaard Jørgensen

When Nina turned 13, the atmosphere was tense at her house. "No wonder", she was always told - she was now a teenager and would soon enter puberty. The word "teenager" was always used as a kind of swear word to explain anything bad happenin...

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Disguised as Grown-up

Stine Spedsbjerg

After the success of IT WILL BE A LONG LIFE, aimed at teenagers, DISGUISED AS ADULT talks to the slightly older audience, 15+, and describes all the possible and impossible scenarios you end up in when you live in the twilight zone between ...

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Volcano

Zakiya Ajmi

Nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize in 2022 and shortlisted for the Danish Cultural Ministry's Children's Book Author award 2021, bright young star, Zakiya Ajmi, has written an evocative tween novel about Anna, who is trying to start ...

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The Moment You Doubt

Sarah Engell

Vigga is a talented skater; a young woman in a predominantly male sport who is used to standing up for herself. She spends all her spare time training intensively to prove that she is just as good as her male peers. That is until she meets ...

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The Bear

Signe Kjær, Tina Sakura Bestle

A powerful and passionate story about the importance of setting boundaries and reclaiming your power. Carli has just started her A-levels when she and a group of other students are invited to an exclusive fresher’s week party, hosted...

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Grimm II

John Kenn Mortensen, Benni Bødker, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen

More scary retellings of Grimm’s fairy tales, accompanied by John Kenn Mortensen’s amazing drawings.Contains:“Snow White”“The Hand with the Knife”“Bearskin”“Summer- and Winter Garten”“The Blue Light”“The Three Appr...

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13 Stories

Jakob G. Madsen

Brilliant underplayed horror with a strong sense of suspense and surprise. A young girl with low self esteem is lured into a new shop on a side street with the most mesmerizing mannequin heads on display. She will never be the same again af...

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Interrail

Mette Klint

Junuz is leaving a turbulent year behind him; a year where he has got himself into life-threatening situations and destroyed relationships. He jumps on a train with an interrail ticket, nurturing a vague plan to seek out his father's roots...

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...and then I Drown

Ditte Wiese

”Quick as a flash, cold shower, pony tail, beta blockers, coffee, green smoothie bowl on SnapStory and Instagram, car, psychology exam, A+, hug Miriam, change clothes, more beta blockers, car, parking, head on the wheel. And then deep bre...

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