In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining

In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining

Author	Johanna Thydell
Original title	I taket lyser stjärnorna
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Subject	children and death
Genre	children
Published	2003
Awards	August Prize of 2003

For the film adaptation, see Glowing Stars.

In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining (orig. Swedish I taket lyser stjärnorna, literal translation) is a Swedish novel by Johanna Thydell, published in 2003. The book is about thirteen-year-old Jenna Wilson, who is unpopular at school and whose mother is dying of breast cancer. The book won the prestigious August Prize as the best Swedish children's and youth's book of 2003.^[1]

A film adaptation, Glowing Stars, was released in 2009.^[2]

Plot summary

The film starts off with a girl, Jenna, who is seen doing househould activities such as cleaning and shopping, and gradually it is revealed that her mother is sick and dying of cancer. Her daughter Jenna, who is in her mid-teens and has problems herself, gradually parts ways with her mother and grandmother, and makes friends with a girl she used to dislike. After a while, she starts to smoke, drink and even has sex as a way to forget about her mother's disease.

Eventually, Jenna and her mom reunite, shortly before the latter's death, when Jenna realizes how much she has missed her. At the end of the film, Jenna and her grandmother go to Thailand together, a thing Jenna has always dreamed of but originally involving her mother.

References

↑ "Elever mötte sin favoritförfattare". Folkbladet. 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
↑ Uggeldahl, Christer (18 December 2009). "I taket lyser stjärnorna". Hufvudstadsbladet. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

August Prize for Best Children and Young Adult Literature

1990s	1992: I Miss You, I Miss You! – Peter Pohl & Kinna Gieth 1993: Vinterviken – Mats Wahl 1994: Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna – Ulf Nilsson 1995: Flickan som inte ville kyssas – Rose Lagercrantz 1996: Min syster är en ängel – Ulf Stark & Anna Höglund 1997: Sanning eller konsekvens – Annika Thor 1998: Resan till världens ände – Henning Mankell 1999: Spelar död – Stefan Casta

2000s	2000: Bridget and the Gray Wolves – Pija Lindenbaum 2001: Are U 4 Real? – Sara Kadefors 2002: Adjö, herr Muffin – Ulf Nilsson & Anna-Clara Tidholm 2003: In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining – Johanna Thydell 2004: Dansar Elias? Nej! – Katarina Kieri 2005: Eddie Bolander & jag – Bo R. Holmberg & Katarina Strömgård 2006: Svenne – Per Nilsson 2007: Var är min syster? – Sven Nordqvist 2008: Legenden om Sally Jones – Jakob Wegelius 2009: Skriv om och om igen – Ylva Karlsson, Katarina Kuick, Sara Lundberg & Lilian Bäckman

2010s	2010: Här ligger jag och blöder – Jenny Jägerfeld 2011: Pojkarna – Jessica Schiefauer 2012: ABC å allt om det – Nina Ulmaja 2013: Snöret, fågeln och jag – Ellen Karlsson & Eva Lindström 2014: Mördarens apa – Jakob Wegelius 2015: När hundarna kommer – Jessica Schiefauer

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