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The Frog Castle
1994
First Published
3.34
Average Rating
128
Number of Pages
This is the story of the magical adventures of a small boy who helps a frog turn back into a prince and is rewarded with a visit to the Frog Castle. As with all Gaarder stories, there is a subtext, this time the gentle exploration of a child learning to come to terms with his grandfather's death.
Avg Rating
3.34
Number of Ratings
690
5 STARS
15%
4 STARS
26%
3 STARS
40%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
4%
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Author

Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder
Author · 23 books

Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories. Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone. In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. It is named after the novel.

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