Markus and the Girls

Klaus Hagerup

TRANSLATED BY
Tara Chace

Ages: 14–17
Grades: 9–12
Pages: 176
List Price: 17.95
Cover: Hardcover
Published: 4/1/2009
ISBN: 1-59078-520-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-520-1

Markus has fallen in love - again. Today it's Ellen Christine, yesterday it was Therese. In short, all the girls in his class. No wonder Markus is worried. maybe there's something wrong with his hypothesis. But his biggest worry is really how he is to approach any of these girls.

This is the second book in the humorous and warm series about the unpredictable thirteen-year-old Markus, which has become a huge success both in Norway and abroad.

Reviews

"[T]his entertaining Norwegian import and follow-up to Markus and Diana (2006)...aptly conveys the typical angst of young teenage boys and leaves readers cheering for Markus and the next girl of his dreams."
     —Kirkus Reviews

"A breezy romp of a sequel."
     —Publishers Weekly

"[A] lighthearted and unsoppily touching portrait of middle-school romance."
     —The Horn Book