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Hagerup, Klaus
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
Translated by Tara Chace.
Junior high student Markus (Markus and Diana) has fallen in love fifteen times in two months. His friend Sigmund volunteers to be a go-between for Markus, who's too shy to approach his latest love object. Of course this plan backfires, as do almost all of the boys' machinations. Hagerup's romp of Shakespearean comedic complexity is balanced by a healthy dose of slapstick.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2009
(2)
4-6
Translated by Tara Chace.
Markus, a charmingly nerdy thirteen-year-old with self-esteem problems, teams up with his brainiac sidekick, Sigmund, to hatch a complex plan for Markus to meet his movie star crush. The Norwegian setting lends a mild exoticism to a comic plot. Beneath the slapstick lies a deftly handled tale of childhood fears and a touching portrait of two relationships.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2006
2 reviews
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