Patrik and the Senior Squad
A witty and hilarious middle-grade series about retired people fighting crime.
by Malin Klingenberg
Description
In a small-town school a boy sits in a class room, deep in thought. He’s called Patrik, and today will be the most exciting day of his life, although he doesn’t know it yet.
Soon enough the class tearaway, Irene, bullies Patrik into escaping from school. When he ends up on a wrong bus full of pensioners, it appears that one of the senior citizens has been kidnapped – and a group of villains are very interested in taking the other pensioners out of the game too…
In the Senior Squad series pensioners are living a secret life scuppering the evil plans of lowlifes with the help of two clever children, Patrik and Irene. The series includes six books: Patrik and The Senior Squad (2010), Irene and the Moneyhoover (2013), Fake Bernice (2015), The Fantastic Alfredo (2016), Rakel’s Miracles (2017) and The Magnificent Senior Match (2020).
The Senior Squad series has been praised for its crazy humor, quirky characters and action-filled plots that are perfect for young readers. The fourth novel of the series, The Fantastic Alfredo, was awarded with Runeberg Junior Prize in 2017.
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Rights sold to Bulgaria.
Endorsements
The fourth novel of the series, The Fantastic Alfredo, was awarded with Runeberg Junior Prize in 2017.
Author Biography
Malin Klingenberg (b. 1979) is a Swedish-speaking author from Finland who has written six books of The Senior Squad series: Patrik and The Senior Squad (2010), Irene and the Moneyhoover (2013), Fake Bernice (2015), The Fantastic Alfredo (2016), Rakel’s Miracles (2017) and The Magnificent Senior Match (2020). The Fantastic Alfredo was awarded with Runeberg Junior Prize in 2017. In 2018 Klingenberg published her first young adult title, Elk Girl, that has received wide critical acclaim. In 2019 Klingenberg came out with a rhyming book The Secret Life of Farts, illustrated by Sanna Mander.
Helsinki Literary Agency
We are a modern literary agency based in the capital of Finland. HLA offers publishers the best selection of Finnish fiction and nonfiction authors, as well as a list of selected children's books – a beautiful variety of genres and styles. Founded in the beginning of 2017, the agency is a joint venture of four independent Finnish publishing houses: Gummerus, Schildts & Söderströms, Siltala and Teos. The agency represents a wide range of prominent, award winning authors writing both in Finnish and Swedish.
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- Publisher Schildts & Söderströms
- Publication Date October 2010
- Orginal LanguageSwedish
- Publication Country or regionFinland
- Pages120
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitlePatrik och Pensionärsmakten
- SeriesThe Senior Squad Series
- Series Part1
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