Buffy By Gets in the Christmas Spirit (Innbundet)

Et julespill

Series: Buffy By 4

Author:

Ingeborg Arvola

Norwegian title: Buffy By er stemningsfull
Norwegian subtitle: Et julespill
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2024
Pages: 264
Illustrator: Brech, Nora
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
Series: Buffy By
Serienummer: 4
ISBN/EAN: 9788202797690
Age: 9 - 12
Overview Buffy By er stemningsfull

Christmas is going to be a bit different for Buffy By and her brother Bobby. This Advent, their mum Lillie is recovering from a brain tumour, but she’s still sick. When Grandma Olava goes back home to Northern Norway, Dad, Jimmy – an incorrigible small-time crook and liar – turns up and fills their flat with mysterious boxes.

Buffy doesn’t know quite what to make of it all. Of course it would be nice to have a proper family Christmas, but she knows Jimmy will vanish as soon as he has offloaded the “presents.” And he isn’t exactly a Dad worth having – or relying on.

Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the school Nativity play in which Buffy is going to play the Baby Jesus – who will be born onstage.

This is the fourth book in Ingeborg Arvola’s critically acclaimed series about Buffy By. Although it isn’t an Advent calendar, we follow Buffy, Bobby and all the other characters from December 1 to 24, in a book that is funny, dramatic and utterly charming.

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Reviews Buffy By er stemningsfull

Fattig, men ikke stakkarslig jul 16.12.2024

«Buffy By er stemningsfull er en leseverdig feelgood-bok, som bør finne veien inn i mange klasserom. Den kan utmerket godt leses høyt som kalenderbok i adventstiden, fordi den på en humoristisk måte setter ting i perspektiv. Gjennom Buffys blikk på tilværelsen gir Arvola leserne et innsyn i forskjells-Norge i juletiden, uten at Buffy fremstår som en stakkar vi skal synes synd på. Mange har godt av den innsikten.

(...) Buffy By er stemningsfull: et julespill er en usentimental og gøyal bok om førjulstid i fattigdom, som også skaper ettertanke.

Ingeborg Arvola er en mester i å tematisere et sårt og vanskelig tema på en humoristisk og varm, men samtidig tankevekkende måte. Den lille familien til Buffy lever under svært uverdige forhold, på grensen til hva man kan forvente at noen skal tåle. Likevel klarer de å holde på samholdet og livsgleden. At det er mulig er nesten for utrolig, men måten Arvola skriver historien på, gjør at man tror på dem, uten at vi opplever at tilværelsen deres blir bagatellisert eller gjort narr av. På den måten løfter hun frem et viktig perspektiv i dagens samfunn. Det er barn i Norge som lever under fattigdomsgrensen, og desember er en måned hvor forskjellen blir ekstra tydelig.»

Siri Larsen, Barnebokkritikk

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Author Ingeborg Arvola
Ingeborg Arvola (b. 1974) grew up in Pasvikdalen and Tromsø in the far north of Norway. She made her debut with the novel Korellhuset, published in 1999. She has since written a number of novels for children and adults. She has received the Cappelen Prize in 2004 and Havmannprisen in 2008. In 2019 she was awarded The Ministry of Culture Prize for Children´s Books for her novel Buffy By is Talented, a book she was also nominated to the Brage Prize for.

In 2022 The Knife in the Fire, the first book in her trilogy Songs from the Arctic Ocean, was published to great acclaim. It was awarded Best Fiction at the Brage Prize 2022, and was nominated to a number of Norway’s other most prestigious literary awards, such as the Critics Award and the Bookseller Award. It is also nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2023.

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