Kerstin Lundberg Hahn

Automatiskt utkast

olovito-admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Automatiskt utkast

Kerstin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Automatiskt utkast

Kerstin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Vita är här!

Kerstin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:06:47 +0000

Igår sa det plopp i brevlådan.
Nej, förresten. Jag såg att brevbäraren var på väg samtidigt som jag kom hem, så jag stannade vid grinden och väntade. Jag visste ju att hon var på väg, Vita.

Jag: Här står jag och väntar på post.
Brevbäraren halar upp ett vitt vadderat kuvert ur cykelväskan:
Kan det vara det här?

Ja, det kunde det.
Och det är en riktigt speciell känsla att hålla den fysiska boken i handen första gången, slå upp den, bläddra … Äntligen. Och samtidigt – hjälp! Nu släpps hon ut i världen, Vita Olsson, med sin längtan, sin rädsla och sina alldeles för lite lösa framtänder. Bortom min kontroll.

Första läsaren la sig på köksgolvet …

Vita’s Secret

olovito-admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:25:45 +0000

Vita Olsson lives with her mom in a flat in an old two-storey house. The Pizzeria Amore is on the ground floor and the smell of pizza makes Vita long for Italy where her dad lives. Dad is remarried to Angelina now, and they’re expecting Vita’s little brother.

Oh, how Vita wants her brother!

But there’s something strange going on in the house. Vita’s sure she can see glowing eyes at the bottom of the stairs when the light is off. And one night she wakes up to hear someone howling from downstairs, from the pizzeria. What if it’s a werewolf …

Author’s note:
I’m a big fan of reading aloud. I read to my kids a lot. My mom read to me when I was a kid. And she didn’t stop just because I learned to read myself. Thanks Mom!
Reading aloud gives you so much more than the story itself – a moment of togetherness, the possibility to talk about things you come to think of.
I hope that Vita’s Secret will be read by adults and kids together.

PS! When Vita’s mom says there’s nothing to be afraid of – don’t believe her. It’s just that the really scary things are for real.

Behind the Mask

Kerstin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:04:28 +0000

”What Zac sees through the window makes him turn cold. Mimmi’s stolen bike is there. That stupid guy is bending over it with a wrench in his hand. But that’s not all …

Zac suddenly feels sick, all the muscles in his body tense. He’s got to hurry home, he’s got to tell someone. But before he even moves somebody grabs him from behind. Two strong arms pull him to the ground, drag him to the door and throw him onto the cold stone floor.
- Hey, this guy’s spying on us!”

Freddie is accused of stealing bikes, but he’s innocent. Mimmi has lost hers. Zac is obsessed with the idea of justice. Together they decide to try and find the thieves. But it turns out to be much more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Author’s note:
When I visit schools and they tell me they love the book, I naturally ask why. The response is the classic: ”It was so exciting!”
But then they start asking me about the characters:
What will happen to his brother? Why is his dad so mean to him? Will she and her best friend make up again?

Not all 11-12-year-olds solve crimes in their spare time, right? But all 11-12-year-olds have to deal with everyday realities, parents, friends and siblings, making mistakes and not wanting to tell, being secretly in love or sometimes just wishing they were somewhere else.

Crime fiction with life-like characters with life-like lives – that’s what I wanted these books to be. That’s why the students’ questions make me so happy.

Black Belt

olovito-admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:45:10 +0000

”The sound of footsteps from upstairs makes Freddie freeze. The ice cold feeling spreads from his head and his neck to his whole body, paralysing him.
- Freddie Hansson, he says to himself. It’s the middle of the night and you’re inside the house of a thief who’s twice your size and carries a black belt in judo. You’re crazy!”

Freddie is so much looking forward to the trip to Budapest with his judo club. But then someone steals the ticket money. Freddie can’t hide his disappointment. But their coach doesn’t seem to mind that much … and what about that violent guy, Nikos, who was having a fight with the coach?

Freddie’s new friends Zac and Mimmi want to help him. But at the same time there are things they don’t want to tell each other, and so they end up in deep trouble.

Eyes In the Storm

olovito-admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:44:22 +0000

”Freddie is tied to a chair a few steps inside the room. Mimmi is groping her way through the dark. Suddenly she has a goal and it’s as if the worst fear is washed away by the rain, hammering on the roof. The robbers in there are stumbling around, unable to find the flash light. Mimmi moves silently towards Freddie.

- Here it is!
It’s the tatooed guy’s voice. And then the flash light comes on.”

Mimmi’s neighbour is robbed right in front of her. Not long after that she and her friends Freddie and Zac find a bag, hidden in the woods. When they start looking into things they discover a connection. Before long they stand face to face with people who have ugly plans. And at the same time a storm is rolling in from the sea …

The Bird Thieves

olovito-admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:26:20 +0000

There’s a tiny island off the coast, not far from Kajsa’s granny’s house. On the island there’s a tree with an old abandoned eagle’s nest.
Abandoned? No, not anymore. When Kajsa tries out her new pair of binoculars she discovers the new inhabitants – two eagles with a chick that’s just been hatched.

But what’s that white motor boat doing so near the island? Are they really just fishing?

When Kajsa gets a secret read-backwards letter from her friend Johan she gets really worried. The note says:
TCETORP EHT SELGAE. EREHT ERA SEVEIHT. KCEHC TUO EHT ETIHW TAOB.

Author’s note:
Of course this is not only a book about adventurous and brave kids, but also on another level about the relationship between man and nature. I would like for kids who read this book to be strengthened in their love of nature. Because what we love we are more likely to protect.

Cold Diamonds

olovito-admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:34:19 +0000

”The vaccuum Gang strikes again. Police still without clues”. This is what the newspapers say on the day that Johan comes to visit Kajsa in town. That same night sirens and blinking blue lights in the city street outside Kajsa’s house wake them up. Someone has broken into Mr Sandstrom’s Jewel Shop opposite. Kajsa and Johan stumble out into the cold, snowy winter night.

Who has stolen Mr Sandstrom’s remarkable diamond? There are many suspects, and Kajsa and Johan are surprised more than once before they discover the truth.

Author’s note:
It was my great love for cinnamon buns (Swedish kanelbullar) that gave me the idea to this book. I was on my way to my favourite café in Göteborg when I suddenly saw a police car outside.
Oh, my! What’s happened?

Well, it turned out the policemen were as fond of cinnamon buns as I am. They were having a coffee break. But before I discovered that, the first seed of the story had already been planted.

It’s a wintery, Christmassy, cinnamony story about money vs friendship.