{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}} {{Italic title}} '''''Johnny, My Friend''''' (Swedish: ''Janne, min vän'') is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl. It was published in Sweden in 1985. The English translation by Laurie Thompson was published in 1991.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185849156 ''Johnny, My Friend''] at WorldCat</ref>
==Plot summary== ''Johnny, My Friend'' is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm. A new boy, Johnny, appears in Krille's life, and quickly impresses the neighborhood boys with his bicycling prowess. His popularity aside, Johnny is a bit of a mystery, rarely saying anything about his life. The boys of the neighborhood do not know where he lives, and sometimes he disappears for long periods, only to turn up again without explanation. Krille determines to solve the mystery of Johnny.
==Translations== The novel has been translated into 11 languages:
*Danish: ''Min bedste ven'' 1987 *Norwegian: ''Janne min venn'' 1988 *German: ''Jan, mein Freund'' 1990 (won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis<ref>[http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/archiv_datenbanksuche-26.html?suche=97776 ''Jan, mein Freund'' in Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis databank] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113241/http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/archiv_datenbanksuche-26.html?suche=97776 |date=2015-04-02 }}</ref>) *Dutch: ''Jan, mijn vriend'' 1991 *English: ''Johnny, My Friend'' 1991 *French: ''Jan, mon ami'' 1995 *Italian: ''Il mio amico Jan'' 1996 *Estonian: ''Janne, mu sõber'' 1997 *Japanese: 『ヤンネ、ぼくの友だち』 1997 *Icelandic: ''Janni vinur minn'' 1997 *Low German: ''Jan, mien Fründ'' 2000
==Film adaptation== *The 1996 film ''My Friend Joe'' is based on the book.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117015 ''My Friend Joe''] at IMDb</ref>
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