Tone E. Solheim

I am V-vida

Eg er V-vida

A warm and touching novel about finding your own voice, about first love, and about true friendship. Thirteen-year-old Vida stutters, a-a-a lot. And as if that wasn​’​t enough, her best friend has just moved away, and Vida has to start ninth grade without her. Mom, as usual, doesn​’​t understand anything and thinks Vida can easily make new friends. But how is Vida supposed to do that when she can​’​t even say her own name? One day, Viktor starts in Vida​’​s class. Viktor has cerebral palsy and limps on one foot, but he is included right away. What is it that Viktor does that Vida can​’​t? And is there something she can do to leave behind stuttering, awkward Vida once and for all? I am V-Vida is a warm and touching novel about finding your own voice, about first love, and about true friendship.​​

Photo: Heidi Furre

Tone E. Solheim (b. 1989) made her debut with the young adult novel Svarttrasta syng om
natta
in 2021. For this, she received the Nynorsk Children​’​s Literature Prize and was
nominated for the Uprisen The translation rights has been sold to Denmark. I am V-Vida is
her second novel. Solheim is from J​ø​lster on the west coast of Norway, and lives in Bergen