Thunder

Thunder

Ulf Stark, Marcus-Gunnar Pettersson

Original Title
Åskan
Published
Brombergs Bokförlag, 2017
Genre
Fiction 6-9
Pages
95
Rights Sold
Italian
German
Turkish
Slovenian
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Thunder

Ulf Stark, Marcus-Gunnar Pettersson

Nine-year-old Ulf has a neighbor, a giant named Oskarsson. But to Ulf and his friend Bernt, he is only known as Thunder, because of his booming, frightening voice. He is deadly dangerous.

The serenity of summer break comes to a sudden end when Ulf and Bernt get into a fight. And Ulf’s mom gets depressed and won’t stop playing sad tunes on the piano.

A delicate, warm and humoristic depiction of an unusual friendship by one of Sweden’ most beloved children’s book authors. Marcus-Gunnar Pettersson has made the spot-on illustrations.

 

Books by Ulf Stark

 

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Press voices
“With the help of Marcus-Gunnar Pettersson’s illustrations, Ulf Stark has written a wonderful narrative in focused and alive prose – a heartwarming story that manages to bring very much in a limited amount of space.” BTJ
Awards
Winner of a Golden Pear 2019