Beasts
The original novel was published in 2023. Translated by Rosie Hedger.
From Norway comes an international horror hit that is shudderingly terrifying and deliciously original.
The world has been overrun by hitherto unknown beasts. Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars are abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is hiding from the terrifying creatures -- and one another. Thirteen-year-old Abdi and his five-year-old sister Alva are on the run, their last hope to escape through the forest and to the sea. As they recall the strange events that led to the beasts' arrival, and how the two of them got to where they were, they must ask themselves who they can trust -- and what they will do to survive.
Ingvild Bjerkeland
Ingvild Bjerkeland (born 1981) is a Norwegian author of children's and young adult literature. Her book Beasts was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize, and over 10,000 schoolchildren voted for it to win the Norwegian Bookstore Prize. Beasts is also her first novel to be translated into English.