Debut YA Novel
"Ódjór" (Beast) is the title of the debut novel written by Silja Aldudóttir. The story is about beasts who live among us and inside us. People in town experience flods and earthquakes but nobody knows why. From her secret tree, the girl Asta sees rats race around in the grove. Asta imagines the roof of the school smashing down on all of them. Underneat the tarmac and concrete a beast is treathening to destroy the whole town. And one day Asta finds herself face to face with the beast.
The horror novel is for children age 10-13. The novel is illustrated by artist Bárður Dal Christiansen and published by BFL.
