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The Heart Across the Sea: A Norwegian-American Troll Story
Hardcover
Fairy Tales & FolkloreFamilyGeneral Juvenile Fiction
ISBN13: 9788269335675
Publisher: Balstad Pensjonat and Ida Hoglund
Published: Sep 20 2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Can a heart belong to two homes?
High in the Norwegian hills, Christina and Ola live in a little stone house beneath a great gray rock. When there is no longer room for everyone, they make the difficult decision to leave Norway and begin a new life in America.
Before they depart, Christina's parents give them two tiny Norwegian hearts filled with love, memories, and the light of home. Across a restless sea and through a land of unfamiliar words, Christina and Ola face illness, homesickness, hard work, and new beginnings. As their family grows, Christina discovers something wonderful: a loving heart does not become smaller when it is shared. It becomes large enough for new children, new stories, and even a new country.
Richly illustrated in a warm, traditional troll-inspired style, The Heart Across the Sea is a tender Norwegian-American children's story about courage, immigration, belonging, family heritage, and the traditions that connect generations.
The book also includes a guide to Norwegian words, traditional family recipes for lefse and r mmegr t, and a personal letter from the author.
Ideal for children ages 6-10, family read-alouds, grandparents, and Norwegian-American families exploring their heritage.
For everyone whose family story began on one shore and continued on another.
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