Trille and Lena are best friends and do and share everything together. They get into all kinds of trouble, but their families and the adults in their small community always forgive them. Trille wishes that Lena would say that he is her best friend, because she is definitely his best friend. They joke with Trille's grandpa, and eat the best waffles ever made by Trille's Auntie Granny. Then Auntie Granny dies, and Lena moves away, and Trille feels like everything is lost. Taking place over a year, this is a charming story about friendship and family.

JLG Selection, 2015. ALSC Notable Children's Books, 2016. USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2016. Brageprisen Nominee for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2005), Zilveren Griffel (2008), Nynorsk barnelitteraturpris (2005).

Author is a high-school teacher and lives in Norway. Adventures with Waffles is her first book.

Norway. Originally published in Norwegian as Vafflelhjarte by Det Norske Samlaget in 2005. English translation by Guy Puzey published in the United States by Candlewick Press in 2015.

Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've got a best friend like Lena.

Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill--and sometimes an injury--to be had. Trille loves to share everything with Lena, even Auntie Granny's waffles. But when Lena has to move away and Auntie Granny leaves the world, it sometimes seems like nothing will ever be right again. The warmth of friendship and the support of family suffuse this lightly illustrated novel, proving that when times are tough, a little taste of sweetness can make all the difference.