Angelfly - Paperback

by M. Amelia Eikli (Translator), Eidi Helen Stickler (Illustrator), Nikki Ness (Author)

Angelfly tells the story about Gabriella, who has lost her mother to cancer. It is a story of loss, endless love, a little magic, and a lot of hope."It is the last day of school before summer. Gabriella should have been excited about the holiday but thoughts and feelings are churning inside her. Dad is waiting at home, but he has disappeared into his head and is never really present. What will this summer be like - the first summer without Mum?A white butterfly lands on the windowsill. It waves at her with its little antennae. Does it want to tell her something?"Suitable for children and young people in the age of 8-14 years.

Author Biography

Nikki Ness is the pseudnym of Anniken Bjornes. She was born in 1972 and grew up in the countryside in Steinkjer, Norway. During high school, she spent one year as an exchange student in Topeka, Kansas, USA. Since then, she has worked as a teacher in Trondheim and Oslo, before she moved back to Steinkjer in 2003. She lives there with her man and two small boys, works as a high-school librarian, and writes fiction for children and teenagers. She has studied to be an author of books for children and teenagers at The Norwegian Institute for Children's Books. In 2010, she debuted with her book Sommerengel, Angelfly, with Omnipax Publishing. In 2012, she published a picture book for children called Ballongjegeren, The Balloon Hunter, with Magikon Publishing, illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. She is now working on the second book about Gabriella, and is planning to write another two in the same series. Besides these, she is also working on several other book ideas.