The Storm is Coming
By Julia Kahrs
Gørja seems to be a completely ordinary place, with a school, a shop and a kiosk. But there are also secrets in Gørja that the adults cannot – or will not – explain. There have…
Description
Gørja seems to be a completely ordinary place, with a school, a shop and a kiosk. But there are also secrets in Gørja that the adults cannot – or will not – explain. There have been two child disappearances from Gørja, and both times a storm raged through the streets and the forest, and across the lake and the sky. Now a new storm is brewing – and Sam’s family has only just moved here.
A wild, exciting and highly original story from Julia Kahrs.
Winner of the Brage Prize 2022 Winner of the Norwegian Critics’ Prize 2022 Winner of the “Boksluker-prisen” 2022 Nominated for Ark’s Children’s Book Prize 2022
Praise
This family is so strange and different that the novel becomes completely unpredictable and incredibly fun to read. It’s also exciting, since the storm is approaching and some children usually disappear with it. The book is full of absurd situations and laconic comments — this isn’t a book to leave behind half-read at the cabin. A crystal-clear 6 out of 6!
Kristine Isaksen, VGYou won’t find a weirder, nastier, more mysterious and engrossing book for a long time! Kahrs is in a class of her own in Norwegian children’s literature, and thank goodness for that. The Storm is Coming is a robust tale about belonging in a dizzying, ever-changing world, and probably the best children’s novel of the year.
Karen Frøsland Nystøyl, Vårt landThe Storm is Coming is an extraordinary children’s novel about an extraordinary family. (...) I give it a thumbs-up for the sprawling suspense story that reaches beyond realism into fantasy.
Anne Cathrine Straume, NRKWildness and mystery from one of our most original children’s novelists.
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