BOOKS
The Heart is a Clenched Fist
Aline and Oliver are in the same class, but they never talk to each other. One day Oliver’s father has a heart attack and ends up in the Cardiology Ward at the hospital. Aline suddenly turns up, as she has decided to write a school paper on the human heart. The Heart Is a Clenched Fist is a novel about love and heart problems. Can you experience one thing without the other?
Everything That Counts
Petra is 12. She loves even numbers, hates un-even numbers and truly hates Pi in all its imperfection and ever-going decimals. This challenge it’s the sole reason why she is the top scorer on her soccer team. If she scores one goal, she has to score two. If she scores three, she has to score four, etc. She also has a fear of water. But one day she witnesses a boy who swims, and he is counting under water. Petra’s friend, Melika, is constantly waiting for updates on her brother who is on his way across Europe. A refugee also facing the challenges of water on his way to reunite with his family.
“A talent. One of the finest and most important voices in Norwegian children and YA literature.”
ABOUT
Ingrid Ovedie Volden has a masters degree in political science and has worked as a music columnist and critic for several years. Both of her children’s books - «Everything that counts» (Alt som teller, 2016) and «The Heart is a Clenched Fist» (Hjertet er en knyttneve, 2017) are critically acclaimed and translated into several other languages. Her third book – and first youth novel – «Somewhere Behind the Sun» (Et sted bak sola), is forthcoming in Norwegian in 2024.
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