Sune börjar tvåan

Sune börjar tvåan
Author Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson
Illustrator Sören Olsson
Cover artist Sören Olsson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Sune
Genre children, youth
Set in fictional town of Glimmerdagg, Sweden
Published 1985
ISBN 91-86650[1]
Preceded by Sagan om Sune (1984)
Followed by Självklart, Sune (1986)

Sune börjar tvåan (Swedish: Sune starts the second grade) is a novel, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson and originally published in 1985.[2] It tells the story of Sune Andersson during the year the 2nd grade at school in Sweden.

The book has also been used within higher education about how gender roles are depicted in various literature at school.[3]

Book cover

The book cover depicts Sune in a green sweater, hugging Maria Perez and Sophie.

Plot

Sune is eight years old and is about to begin the second grade at school in Sweden. There is also a new girl, Maria Perez, and Sune falls in love with her. The problem is that he still likes Sophie.

Sune is also visited by his cousin Algot. He also meets a guy, Affe, who tries to force Sune to join a gang of girl haters, which Sune doesn't want.

Sune also fears getting affected by his father becoming a "dirty old man", and the Andersson family will soon be expanded. At school, the children play theater, when Sune gets the girl role Little Red Riding Hood. He also ends up at the hospital, for a cecum removal surgery.

Sune also tries to run away from home.

References

  1. "Sune börjar tvåan" (in Swedish). Libris. 1985. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Sune börjar tvåan". Worldcat. 1985. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. "Sune börjar tvåan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Digitala vetenskapliga arkivet. Retrieved 12 April 2015.