It was nominated for the August Prize youth award in 2011. The novel won Bokbloggarnas litteraturpris which is awarded by major Swedish book bloggers, as well as Bokjuryn, where over 30,000 Swedish children and young adults vote for their favorite books. on June 7, 2012, and in other English-speaking countries during the summer of 2012.

Random House released the English translation in the U.K. The novel has been sold for publication in over twenty different languages, in addition to its native Swedish. In addition to the fantasy theme, the novel also uses tropes of horror fiction, psychological realism and the unreliable narrator. The girls, known as the Chosen Ones, are destined to save the world from an approaching apocalypse caused by an otherworldly evil ('demons'). The novel takes place in a fictional rural town, Engelsfors, in central Sweden, and follows a group of teenage girls with little in common who discover that they are witches. Budny Collection (ThePaul Millikan, Clever Girl: A Dream Of Enlightenment. The Circle (Swedish: Cirkeln) is the first book in the Engelsfors trilogy. The Circle: Book I (The Engelsfors Trilogy)Mats Strandberg, Saunders Online Review Course For The NCLEX-RN® Examination - 8-Week Course - Boxed Version, 1eLinda Anne Silvestri PhD RN, Union & Confederate Civil War Headgear And Related Militaria : The Kenneth J. In this gripping first installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy, a parallel world emerges in which teenage dreams, insanely annoying parents, bullying, revenge, and love collide with flirtation, dangerous forces, and ancient magic'-Jacket flap.Main article: The Circle (Elfgren and Strandberg novel) Newly determined to fight the evil forces, they begin to learn magic from The Book of Patterns, an ancient work with a will of its own that reveals different things to different witches. Then a horrible tragedy strikes within the circle. They begin exploring their powers, but they are not all firmly committed to their mission-to discover the truth about Elias's death. In this gripping first installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy. As the weeks pass, each girl discovers she has a unique magical ability. Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, 2013, Overlook Press edition, in English. The six are wildly different and definitely not friends.but they are the Chosen Ones. The park is a safe haven the school, a place of danger. A mystical being takes over Ida's body and tells them they are fated to fight an ancient evil that is hunting them. Soon five of her classmates-Vanessa, Linnea, Anna-Karin, Rebecka and Ida-arrive, compelled the same force. Minoo wakes up outside her house, still in her pajamas, and is drawn by an invisible force to an abandoned theme park on the outskirts of town. 'On a night after the apparent suicide of high school student Elias Malmgren, a blood-red moon fills the night sky.

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