Bert och badbrudarna
| Author | Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sonja Härdin |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | Bert |
| Genre | Diary, Children's, Youth |
| Set in | fictional town of Öreskoga, Sweden Spain Florida, United States |
| Published | 1993 |
Bert och badbrudarna (Swedish: Bert and the bath chicks) is a diary novel, written by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson and originally published in 1993. It tells the story of Bert Ljung from 5 June to 23 August during the calendar year he turns 15 during the summer break between the 8th and 9th grade at school in Sweden. The book uses the 1992 almanac following the Gregorian calendar, but no specific year is mentioned.
Just like Berts bekännelser, the book uses chapter names as well as dates. It was directly written for a 1992 summertime radio program.
The book cover depicts Ber swimming at the bottom of the lake of Nöckeln with a diving mask, among different water animals, watching girls swimming above. Two eyes watch out from a lobster jark thrown at the bottom.
The book opens on 5 June, with Bert making plans for the summer. During the summer break, he'll study girls, and heads to the library to borrow books about sex. He also walks into a store selling sex items in a jokeful way, to borrow porno magazines, and buys what he thinks is chewing gums looking like condoms, but turn out to be real condoms.
Bert soon goes on a holiday to Spain, with his mother and father and John (Åke 's father), Hillevi and Doris. They travel by aeroplane, but the hotel room turns out to be located with a view towards the landfill site. Bert gets interest for two Swedish girls, Steffa och Bella (who he first believe are named Erika och Jenny). Bella later travels to Australia. Bert's grandmother goes on a holiday to Florida with Görhild.
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