Thomas Glahn is quite content living in a hut at the edge of the forest with only his faithful dog, Aesop, to keep him company until a strange girl enters his life.
While enduring a bleak existence in a hospital for lepers in Norway during the early 1800s, thirteen-year-old Tora tries to find meaning in a life surrounded by death.
A fictionalized account of how a group of Norwegian children carried bullion to the sea on their sleds, thus helping their country move its gold reserves to the United States during the German occupation.
Inger, an ambitious young reindeer buck, finally proves that he is reliable when the herd is surprised by a spring snowstorm in the Lapland area of Norway.
Inspector Konrad Sejer investigates when eight-year-old Jonas August Lowe is found murdered in Linde Forest, and the case becomes critical when a second child goes missing; while Reinhardt Ris, the man who discovered and photographed Jonas's body while out walking with his horrified wife, becomes more and more obsessed with the boy's death.
New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.
Samuel and Martha move to Norway to live with their Aunt Edna following the death of their parents and are drawn to the attic and the Shadow Forest behind the house inspite of their aunt's warning to stay away from them.
