Swedish / Sweden
Ishavspirater
(Polar sea pirates)
Nilsson, Frida
(text)
Jansson, Alexander
(illus.)
Stockholm: Natur & Kultur, [2015]. – 393 p.
ISBN 978-91-27-13685-4
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Reading age: 8+
White Ravens issue: 2016
“Det är lättare att göra de fega valen. Men någon gång ibland kommer en som gör de modiga valen. Och det är en väldig tur för alla andra.” (It is easier to make a cowardly choice. But sometimes someone makes a courageous choice. And everyone else benefits.) Siri is the brave one in this case. She took up with Vithuvud the pirate, who had been spreading fear and trembling in the polar sea for years, because he and his men stole not only flour and fish, but also children. He also kidnapped Miki, Siri’s sister, in a moment when Siri wasn’t watching. Her feelings of guilt propel self-growth: On her search for Miki she withstands loneliness, cold, hunger and thirst. With her multi-layered adventure novel and its unusual heroine, Frida Nilsson proves yet again what a fantastic storyteller she is.