(4) 4-6 Translated by Annira Silver. Illustrated by Pasi Pitkänen. A Finnish mother leaves her kids with a monster nanny during a spa retreat she's mysteriously won. As the resourceful and likable Hellman siblings investigate why all the neighborhood kids have likewise been left with monsters, they also learn to be open-minded to those who are different. Some of the fantasy details don't add up, but the mystery surrounding the monsters is well built.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) YA Translated by Annira Silver. Also translated by Marja Gass. In this Finnish import, twelve-year-old Storm Steele is sent to the Kafkaesque "School of Possibilities." There he must relinquish his skateboard and endure monitoring by his fellow students as well as by teachers. The novel provides a rousing and intriguingly eerie look at the pressure to conform.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann