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Follow the star Follow the star Robert Elmer In 1945 in Denmark, thirteen-year-old brother and sister Peter and Elise try to help their Jewish friend Henrik when his mother and a friend of hers are arrested by the Russians and accused of being … OL15026534W
Michael Hague's favorite Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales Michael Hague's favorite Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen A collection of tales including "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "The Little Match girl," "Thumbelina," "The Elfin Hill," "Little Ida's Flower," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Wild Swans," and "The… OL15049721W
Gertrude and Claudius Gertrude and Claudius John Updike Set before the action begins in Shakespeare's Hamlet, this speculative novel follows the lives of Gertrude and Claudius, King and Queen of Denmark, as they wend their way towards adultery and treache… OL18164818W
Number the Stars Number the Stars Lois Lowry Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, often think about life before the war. But it's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the… OL1846074W
Room in the Heart Room in the Heart Sonia Levitin Told from several points of view, this novel reveals how life in Copenhagen was soiled by the Nazi occupation and how the Danes fought back with courage and kindness. Julie lives with the constant, n… OL1938389W
Winterfrost Winterfrost Michelle Houts Christmas has come, and with it a sparkling white winterfrost over the countryside. But twelve-year-old Bettina s parents have been called away unexpectedly, leaving her in charge of the house, the f… OL19987397W
The girl in the ice The girl in the ice Lotte Hammer When the body of a girl is discovered in the melting Greenland ice cap, hundreds of miles from any civilization, Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen investigates the murder and discovers d… OL20012990W
What my body remembers What my body remembers Agnete Friis "From New York Times bestselling author Agnete Friis comes the chilling story of a young mother who will do whatever it takes to protect her son. Ella Nygaard, 27, has been a ward of the state since … OL20055149W
The Elephant Keepers' Children The Elephant Keepers' Children Peter Høeg Told from the precocious perspective of fourteen-year-old Peter, this book is about three siblings and how they deal with life alongside their eccentric parents. Peter's father is a vicar, his mother… OL20396947W
Redemption Redemption Jussi Adler-Olsen Two boys, brothers, wake tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Their kidnapper has gone, but soon he will return. Their bonds are inescapable. But there is a bottle and tar to seal it. Paper and … OL20983292W
Only one life Only one life Sara Bl©Œdel Inspector Louise Rick is called out to Holbraek Fjord when a young immigrant girl is found drowned, a piece of concrete tied around her waist and two mysterious circular patches on the back of her ne… OL24289985W
Ophelia Ophelia Lisa Klein lein retells Hamlet, expanding on the romance between its hero and Ophelia, who narrates this version. Keeping true to the framework of the play, the heroine, now 16, reports the tragic events in the… OL24290114W
History of Danish Dreams History of Danish Dreams Peter Høeg,Barbara Haveland A satire on Denmark. The characters include a count who decides to stop time by outlawing clocks on his estate, an old lady who presides over a newspaper dynasty and devotes herself to predicting the… OL25065202W
The Copenhagen Connection The Copenhagen Connection Elizabeth Peters A strange twist of fate brings Elizabeth Jones face-to-face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg, at the Copenhagen Airport. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth … OL272766W
Til Sibir Til Sibir Per Petterson In the years before the Nazis arrive, two young people growing up in Danish Jutland have dreams of leaving their frigid coastal town while coping with distant parents, eccentric family members, and t… OL2824188W
Beowulf Beowulf Michael Morpurgo,Michael Foreman,Michael Foreman Long ago a Scandinavian warrior fought three evils so powerful they threatened whole kingdoms. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf single-handedly saved the land of the Danes from… OL42695W
The Lost Queen The Lost Queen Norah Lofts A novel based on the life of George III's sister, Princess Caroline-Matilda, whose marriage brought her to the throne and whose secret love brought her to disaster. This is a story of high romance an… OL5096750W
Viking warrior Viking warrior Judson Roberts Despite being the son of a chieftain and a princess, fourteen-year-old Halfdan lives as a slave in Denmark in A.D. 845 but through a tragic bargain he gains his freedom and sets out to claim his birt… OL5836304W
Sign of the Cross Sign of the Cross Chris Kuzneski No secret will keep for ever ... A Vatican priest is found murdered on the shores of Denmark – nailed to a cross in the shadow of Hamlet's castle. He is the first victim in a vicious killing spree th… OL8267271W
Into the flames Into the flames Robert Elmer Their work delivering newspapers for the Danish underground lands twins Peter and Elise in a Nazi prison where they experience firsthand the importance of faith. OL94469W
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