SECRETS OF CRICKET KARLSSONby Kristina SigunsdotterIllustrated by Ester ErikssonTranslated by Julia Marshall I never thought that a place as utopian as Sweden – universal health care, five weeks of paid vacation, 480 days of parental leave – could have such a banal problem as the average girl. But within a few pages of Kristina Sigunsdotter’s …

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