Camilla and the Lie (Camilla och lögnen)

Karin Wahlberg

Camilla has found a secret in the closet, a shoebox her brother Micke has hidden where he thinks no one will look. There are wallets in the box, a whole bunch of them. And there is money in them. What should you do when you find something like that? What if the police come and get him?

 

Micke is out all the time. He withdraws more and more and even though Camilla is worried, she doesn’t tell her father. He is so busy with his new love Maj-Britt, or Angry-Britt as Camilla calls her because she is almost always angry or in a bad mood. Camilla’s mother is dead so she can’t talk to her apart from in her day dreams. Instead Camilla gains all her courage and tries to make things right again. That is when she meets a person with the most fascinating, long, black polished nails. It will be a meeting which shakes Camilla …

 

160 pages

 

Rights sold

Sweden: B Wahlströms

 

Reviews

"Hands covering the mouth, dark eyes – a frightened girl’s face meets the reader on the cover of Karin Wahlberg’s children’s book debut. The picture mirrors in a suggestive way both the feelings portrayed in the book and the psychological nerve which characterizes Wahlberg’s authorship. /…/ Wahlberg uses her skills from the teacher’s desk as well as the ones from the crime author’s, when she sharpens the children’s book’s typical family drama with a psychological thriller where the school yard serves as the central scene."

SvD

 

"It is exciting and a very good read. /…/ It is a book I would want myself if I was 12, 13 years old."

Kulturbloggen

 

"Camilla and the Lie is an important story about what it is like to lose a parent and how to find your place in a new family constellation. The characters are portrayed straight and honest, which gives them credibility. The language is simple and easy to read and the chapters are short. This book radiates warmth and humanity giving hope and comfort."

Bibliotekstjänst

 

"The best thing with this book is that you get into it right away and it is impossible to stop reading."

Kamratposten

 

"The story is exciting and with a good drive, describing surroundings we recognize ourselves in. But it is also sad. One can feel how much Camilla misses her mother and it gives debth to this drama, which maybe mostly is about beeing seen. And when it comes to that, we all have a responsibility to look around and see what is goig on."

Sydsvenskan

 

"It is a touching and understandable story Karin Wahlberg has created. She provides a generally valid picture of a problematic youth, at the same time as she shows great competence in her ability to describe an ethical dilemma."

Borås tidning

 

"Karin Wahlberg, who is a driven crime novelist, plays with the suspense found in the unexpected. She also gives the reader tools to deal with a hard situation."

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