Home / National Book Prize / L-Ifirsa tal-Mejda t-Tonda Young Adult Literature L-Ifirsa tal-Mejda t-Tonda Xabla msaħħra li tagħti lil sidha qawwa liema bħalha u ħarsien minn kull għawġ.Draguni b’ġilda iebsa u nifs li jarmi n-nar.Veleni li joqtlu u misturi li jqanqlu l-imħabba.Għajn ta’ ilma msaħħar li jfejjaq kull mard.Vjaġġi fi mkejjen imbiegħda.Kalċi mqaddes li jkattar hena u paċi.Dwellijiet ħorox bix-xwabel u bil-lanez.Kavallieri qalbenin li jħarsu lil min hu batut u magħkus. Kien iż-żmien tar-Re Arturu u l-Ordni tal-Ifirsa tal-Mejda t-Tonda, u ta’ kilba fost il-poplu li jkollu eroj li jkun jista’ jġib il-paċi u l-ġustizzja f’pajjiż mitluf fil-kaos. Buy the book Horizons Young Adult Literature 2026 Norman C. Borg Norman C. Borg is a retired educator. His first publications were the graphic stories about Aesop’s Fables for the magazine Sagħtar, as well as original stories in episodic form, including Il-Ħofra tal-Ilwien, L-Astrofittiexa, It-Torri l-Griż, and a Maltese adaptation of Is-Saħħar ta’ Oż. He was co-author of the collection Tużżana (Merlin Publishers, 1998) and co-illustrator for Taħt Sema Kwiekeb (Merlin, 1997). His first book publication was Żarbun Imsaħħar (Merlin, 2024), followed in 2025 with L-Ifirsa tal-Mejda t-Tonda (Horizons/National Literacy Agency) and It-Torri l-Griż u l-Leġġenda tal-Kavallier Bla Ras (Merlin). The latter is a re-writing of the original story published in Sagħtar. He is currently working on further re-writings and original projects. Norman is also currently working on the project Kotba fil-But (https://kotbafilbut.net/), with the support of the NLA, a website available free of charge and featuring Maltese adaptations of popular international classics. The main objective is to provide more Maltese reading material online easily available to everyone. NEED ANY HELP? GET IN TOUCH contact us