Bubble
Bobla
Abbie feels like a trapped slave. Everything she does, she feels she is forced into. Every morning she is forced to get up, she is forced to go to school, forced to study things she does not need, forced to live with the nickname Bubble, forced to swap whole milk with light milk, forced to take swim class, and forced to sing in the rotten Christmas choir. She is in the hands of someone else’s stupid rules, in a shitty town, in a shitty world.
After her worst school day ever, she finds a mysterious glass globe in the cemetery, with a blanket inside. The globe grows into a big bubble, big enough for her to walk in and out of it. It contains the key to the freedom she has wished for, for so long. And it can fly! Finally she can opt out! not care about everybody else and be completely at peace. Just her, and her old rag doll. Forever …
Bubble is magical realism, based on a true fantasy, for everyone from ten to a hundred. A witty and serious thriller about freedom, boundaries, intimacy and responsibility.
Shortlisted for the ARK’s best children’s book prize
“(…) brimming with of wise thoughts and feelings about belonging and is a must-read on the brink of young adulthood.” (…) Bubble might well be this year’s Christmas hit!”
VG
“A bravura and wonderful book! A unique combination of magic and reality.”
Lubimyczytac
“Pettersen has a perfect pitch and linguistic timing where humor and seriousness always go hand in hand.”
Dagens Nyheter
