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People/CharactersBirgit Svenson

People/Characters by cover

Works (2)

Titles	Order
The Luck Runs Out by Charlotte MacLeod	5th of the Svensons' 7 daughters, Vigilant Vegetarians member
The Witches by Roald Dahl

Character description

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Related people/characters

Officer Madigan

Balaclava County Weekly Fane and Pennon reporter

Hjalmar Olaffsen

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Balaclava's Bruce of Bannockburn

Carlovingian Cracksmen

Dr. Philip Porble

Mirelle Feldster

Sergeant Lubbock

Walt Hayward of Goat Valley

Laurie Jilles of Downer's Grove, Illinois

Oscar Plantagenet of West Lumpkinville

Frideswiede Svenson

Ethelred Spinney of Lumpkin Corners

Arabella Goulson

Mrs. Blanche Mouzouka

Mrs. Moira Haskins

Narrator's Grandmother

The Grand High Witch

Grand High Witch

Ranghild Hansen

Solveg Christiansen

Herbert Jenkins

Helen Marsh Shandy

Martha Flackley

Iduna Bjorklund

Balthazar of Balaclava

Sylvester Lomax

Officer Partinger

Sergeant Mullins

Lieutenant Corbin

Belinda of Balaclava

Thorkjeld Svenson

Sieglinde Svenson

Ferdinand McSpee

Related series

Balaclava-Reihe

Related publisher series

DuMont's Kriminal-Bibliothek

Gallimard Jeunesse, Folio Junior

Puffin Audiobooks

Related awards

The Nation's Favourite Children's Book

Grand Canyon Reader Award

School Library Journal Top 100 Children’s Novels, 2010 Poll

BILBY: Books I Love Best Yearly

School Library Journal Top 100 Children's Novels, 2012 Poll

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999

ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000

De Grote Vriendelijke 100

Federation of Children's Book Groups Award

New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year

Costa Book Awards

Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award

WAYRBA: Western Australia Young Readers Book Award

Related places

Anglaterra, Regne Unit

Inglaterra, Reino Unido

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Kent, England, UK

Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Hotel Magnificent, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Balaclava Agricultural College, Massachusetts, USA

Balaclava Junction, Massachusetts, USA

Lumpkin Corners, Massachusetts, USA

Hoddersville, Massachusetts, USA

Forgery Point, Massachusetts, USA

Seven Forks, Massachusetts, USA

Helpers

JalenV (16), villemezbrown (3), SimoneA (1)

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