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Denmark (Danish) - 1996 - 193
Overskov, Carsten
De andre
(The Others)
Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1995. 219 p.
ISBN 87-411-5768-0
Outsider
Sixteen-year-old Jesper is one of the boys who keeps to himself and lets no one get close to him, especially not any girl. He suffers from always wanting something but not being able to do anything about it. His self-doubting is described here in a very sympathetic manner, which will stimulate the reader to think more about other people and the reasons for their behavior. (14+)
Special Mention - Denmark (Danish) - 1997 - 189
Saxild, Jørgen
Og det var Løkken!
(And that was Lokken!)
Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1996. 201 p.
ISBN 87-411-5791-5
School holiday - First romance
The first-person narrator enjoys a school holiday without parents at the seaside with three friends. Emotional turbulences are inevitable when, how could it be otherwise, a girl by the name of Linnea, enters his scope of view. Like several other Danish writers, Saxild is very skilled in depicting the inner moods of adolenscents, whose hopes are as intense as their doubts. (14+)
Denmark (Danish) - 1996 - 187
Jacobsen, Ken
Flugten fra Kaos
(The Flight from Chaos)
Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1995. 161 p.
ISBN 87-411-5770-2
Dictatorship - Escape - Survival
The entire world is shaken by catastrophes and wars. The »Northland« is ruled by a dictator. A young boy flees from a prisoner camp and together with the young girl Nanna tries to survive. In this suspenseful story the author attempts to show young readers in an encoded form that even fifty years after the last world war the causes of its origins have not yet been eliminated. (12+)
Denmark (Danish) - 1994 - 175
Christiansen, Ole E.
Skjolds mærkelige rejse
(Skjold's Remarkable Journey)
[Frederiksberg] : Branner og Korch, 1993. 114 p.
ISBN 87-411-5700-1
Legend/Nordic - Valhalla - Death
The thirteen-year old Skjold-the-Stone- thrower is killed in battle and is brought to Asgard by the Valkyries. He is also allowed lo be take a seat in Valhalla. Because of his youth, he is given a chance to begin his life again. This easy to read story is amusingly told. At the back of the book there are explanations for the most important names and terms from the Nordic mythology. (10+)
Special Mention - Denmark (Danish) - 2004 - 174
Lassen, Linda
Sandhedens time
(Time of certainty)
[Frederiksberg] : Branner og Korch, 2003. 262 p.
ISBN 87-411-5992-6
Teenage girl – Boarding school – Character development
One day, out of the blue, young Mia is sent to boarding school by her parents. At first, she suspects that they want to get rid of her, but the reason for this decision rather seems to be a problem between the parents themselves. Mia has to make herself at home in a new environment, leave old friends behind, try hard to find new friends, and figure out what it is she wants to do with her life. This typical coming-of-age story, written with great empathy by a psychologist, will certainly inspire readers, girls in particular, to start thinking about themselves and their lives. (14+)
Special Mention - Denmark (Danish) - 1998 - 188
Winding, Thomas (text/illus.)
Hentze, Peter (illus.)
Emile og naturens orden
(Emile and nature's order of things)
Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1996. [28] p.
ISBN 87-411-5773-7
Order - Imagination
For an African boy whose parents are artists, home is the quintessence of order and Nature that lies beyond it the quintessence of chaos. As a way of explaining that every part of Nature carries its own order within itself, even if not immediately evident, the illustrations which are at first fairly naive are then followed by a series of almost abstract compositions in which the shape of animals is only barely recognizable in the chaos of colors. A cow stung by a bee that ultimately tramples over the mother's jars of paint does indeed bring about a real chaos, the breakdown of order. (6+)
Denmark (Danish) - 2005 - 173
Eibe, Anika
Nynazisten
(The neo-nazi)
[Frederiksberg] : Branner og Korch, 2003. 163 p.
ISBN 87-411-5974-8
Youth – Right-wing radicalism – Xenophobia
Teenage neo-nazi Jørgen easily manages to stir up Thomas’s animosity against a Tamil boy who pinched his girlfriend. Jørgen intends to abuse the slightly naïve boy for a criminal attack on a refugee home for Bosnian asylum-seekers. Thanks to Thomas’s friend Peter, the plot is discovered and the attack prevented, the people responsible for it are arrested, and Thomas, who had had no intention of joining in, gets off lightly. This novel, which will even enthral reluctant readers, is fitted out with the usual elements of an adventure story but told in a clever way. It might well succeed in making teenagers think critically. (14+)
Denmark (Danish) - 1994 - 178
Koch, Peter Gjellerup
I det syvende helvede
(In the 7th Hell)
[Frederiksberg] : Branner og Korch, 1993. 248 p.
ISBN 87-411-5710-9
First Love - Inexperience - Self-identity
In a moment of adventurousness, Malmcolm gets engaged at the age of sixteen. Constanze is a submissive, patient bride. But neither she nor Malcolm, who has until know gotten all his information from rather dark and dubious sources, know what love really means. His mother, however, has a rather strange, but much-experienced older household helper, who patiently shows Malmcolm how to deal with reality better, even to the point of solving his psychological and physical problems with puppet role-playing and practical instruction. This is almost a Daphne and Chloe story, but, quite modern, delving deeply and broadly into the human soul. It is written in such a fascinating. sometimes satirical style that to read it is a delight to read. (16+)
Denmark (Danish) - 1995 - 144
Christiansen, Ole E.
Mimers brønd: opslagsbog om nordisk mytologi
(Mimers fountain: dictionary of Nordic mythology)
Frederiksberg: Branner og Korch, 1994. 196 p.
ISBN 87-411-5744-3
Mythology/Northern Europe - Dictionary/Mythology
Anyone who craves to know exactly which figures are based on real historical and mythological material when they have finished devouring all the fantasy literature by writers from Tolkien to Hohlbein would be grateful for this little dictionary, if it were available in other languages. Whether one wants to know about Asgård, Midgård, Niflheim oder Walhall, the mysterious Ygg- drasil (well known to crossword puzzlers or players of the game "Categories") and its strange inhabitants Hugin, Munin, Garm, or whatever their names are, there are short entries included here for each of them. In an introduction one learns about the Germanic system of beliefs. The only thing lacking is more informative visual material. (10+) ☆
Special Mention - Denmark (Danish) - 2003 - 183
Overskov, Carsten
Tordenskjolds tempo : træghed og triumf på træskibenes tid
(Tordenskjold’s speed: Lethargy and triumph from the times of the wooden ships)
Frederiksberg : Branner og Korch, 2002. 129 p.
ISBN 87-411-5953-5
Nordic War <1700-1721> – Sea battle
In European countries, many books deal with historical topics. Yet, in Scandinavian countries, this kind of literature seems to be even more popular. The North’s relatively late self-awareness may be one of the reasons why Scandinavians are particularly proud of their more than one-thousand-yearold history and their own mythology. This book about Admiral Tordenskjold and the battle at the Swedish Dynekil Fjord in 1716 during the second Nordic War, is written in this tradition. The readers do not only learn about the course of the battle and its background, but also read many technical details about a war at sea. Books like this one offer an inspiring read and, at the same time, create an awareness for historical events. (12+)