sweden

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sweden

A faraway island

In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.

Us against you

Bjornstad series
In the small, remote of Beartown, the hard-working residents rally around their local hockey team, but when the team becomes at risk of being disbanded, and unlikely coach steps in to take control. Soon, the talented team comes together and must face their rival from another town; and before the final game is done, people from both towns wonder if the innocent game they love can ever be the same after an intense rivalry that left one person dead.
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The girl who played with fire

Mikael Blomkvist is publishing the story of his career, exposing the extensive sex trafficking operation between Sweden and Eastern Europe, but when two investigative journalists are killed the night before the story runs and Lisbeth Salander is implicated, Mikael vows to clear the girl's name and find the true killer.
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The girl who played with fire

Mikael Blomkvist is publishing the story of his career, exposing the extensive sex trafficking operation between Sweden and Eastern Europe, but when two investigative journalists are killed the night before the story runs and Lisbeth Salander is implicated, Mikael vows to clear the girl's name and find the true killer.
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Pippi Longstocking

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.

Focus on Sweden

Explores the history, culture, and people of Sweden; and describes its government and politics, educational system, energy and resources, environment, and economy.

The long way to a new land

Carl Erik journeys with his family from Sweden to America during the famine of 1868.
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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the buttered bread

Three little Swedish boys want some butter for their bread, but the cow will give no milk because she has no fresh green grass, and there is no grass because the sun has not been shining.

Lucia morning in Sweden

2014
The Svensson family get ready for Lucia Day, a celebration days before Christmas; includes traditional recipes, words and music to the Sancta Lucia song, patterns for a Lucia or Starboy gown, plus the legend of Sankta Lucia.
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Sweden

2018
Explores Sweden's history, government, economy, lifestyles, and more, showing what it would be like to live there.

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