fedelegge's Book Journey

Wonderful book for young teenagers, dealing with oppression and rebellion, brotherly love, sickness, death, courage and fear. Simple in its narration and story, but well made and powerfully emotional. The ending left me heartbroken. I will definitely read more Lindgren.

I am not sure how I feel about the colloquial spelling of words in Swedish, for example sej/mej instead of sig/mig, morron instead or morgon, lessen instead of ledsen and similar. While it conveys the colloquial and a bit childish style of the child narrator, I am unsure of the effects of such spelling to the young kids it's aimed at. I wouldn't think it's a good idea, but I am also an old curmudgeon, so...