Beasts
Published on 5. June 2025
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-64614-513-3 (ISBN)
Description
From Norway comes an international horror hit that is shudderingly terrifying and deliciously original.
The world has been overrun by hitherto unknown beasts. Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars are abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is hiding from the terrifying creatures -- and one another. Thirteen-year-old Abdi and his five-year-old sister Alva are on the run, their last hope to escape through the forest and to the sea. As they recall the strange events that led to the beasts' arrival, and how the two of them got to where they were, they must ask themselves who they can trust -- and what they will do to survive.
The world has been overrun by hitherto unknown beasts. Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars are abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is hiding from the terrifying creatures -- and one another. Thirteen-year-old Abdi and his five-year-old sister Alva are on the run, their last hope to escape through the forest and to the sea. As they recall the strange events that led to the beasts' arrival, and how the two of them got to where they were, they must ask themselves who they can trust -- and what they will do to survive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64614-513-3 (9781646145133)
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Ingvild Bjerkeland is an author of picture books and novels for children and young adults. Her novel, Beasts, was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and YA Prize and was also voted by over 10,000 schoolchildren for the highest booksellers' award in Norway. This is her first novel translated into English.
Author residence: Norway
Rosie Hedger was born in Scotland and completed her MA (Hons) in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with a distinction. Her translation accolades include the the English PEN Translates Award and the short lists for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year and Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
Translator residence: UK
Author residence: Norway
Rosie Hedger was born in Scotland and completed her MA (Hons) in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with a distinction. Her translation accolades include the the English PEN Translates Award and the short lists for the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year and Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
Translator residence: UK