Apollo lydbok

Apollo is the latest novel from one of Norway’s most cherished and critically-acclaimed authors for children and youths, Bjørn Ingvaldsen. His wide-ranging authorship includes humour for the youngest grades to books that take up serious topics for middle-grade children. One of his latest books, Your Father (2016), was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.

This is a wacky, thoughtful and suspenseful book about space exploration and politics that is perfect for middle-grade children who are voracious readers.

The Ministry for Education and Culture’s Literature Prize 2018 for the youth novel, Apollo.

‘In its judgement, the jury draws attention to a masterfully told story, Ingvaldsen’s sure touch for language characterised by dialogue that gives the text a verbal effortlessness, in addition to tension and momentum balanced by humour and fabulously technical ingenuity. The author makes reference to historical events, enriching the story and leaving the reader with the impression that this is a tale that is too good not to be true. They are calling it a glorious fable, and a tribute to the imagination.’ Hardanger Folkeblad