Genre: Children’s book
Category: novel age 10-12
Publisher: Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
Year: 2024
Pages: 142
ISBN: 978-99972-0-971-9
English sample translation available
Endearing story of courage and overcoming fears.
Eleven-year-old Haraldur lives on an island, where all men are destined to work at sea. When his grandfather’s boat disappears during a storm, Haraldur must board a dinghy and go searching for his grandfather.
The only clues are a strange legend and a young seal. But the seal, who Haraldur has been trying to catch all summer, and who always pursues his grandfather’s boat, heads straight for the island …
Will Haraldur find his grandfather and overcome his fears?
First book in the trilogy Cormorant Islands.
Illustrated by Kathrina Skarðsá.
Agnete Hentze Pichotka is a debuting children’s book author. She was raised in Denmark and is half-Faroese and has thus travelled a lot to the Faroe Islands as a child.
The local tales she was told on her travels have served as inspiration for Pichotka’s trilogy.
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