2025
This is a book for young people, written as a diary.
Emma is 14 years old, and is trying to navigate between grief, having a crush, and girl drama. She has a friend who lies and cheats, and she is uncertain about what she wants out of life. She is greeving for her little sister who died suddenly at the age of 4. How can God or the universe let something like that happen – and why? Why?
Norwegian edition: Emmas dilemma
Translated by Nan Persen.
Purchased by Arts Council Norway.
Winner of the 2024 Saami Council Literature Prize.
Nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize.
(…) Suongir has introduced a new genre into Saami literature (…) important that a book is written for 10-to-15-year-olds that is aimed specifically at their age group and that takes them seriously (…) the illustrations are a perfect fit to the text (…)
(…) captures the challenges facing young people (…) addresses serious and important subjects (…) The author is good at sustaining the reader's interest, and shares Emma's thoughts in a masterly way (…) The illustrations add an extra dimension to the diary entries (…)
Hanne-Sofie Suongir, Nina Marie Andersen (ill.)
