I won't lay my hand into the fire for Ronja and Birk - but I suppose it's left to the reader's interpretation. Their relationship could be considered as a starting romantic one as well, if one wants so - after all, they are just - what - 11? 12?.

It's rare to find someone who knows about librivox at all! I'm not using it much, since I don't listen too often to audiobooks, but I love the idea and the amazing work the people do there, and love to spread the word. I leart about it by a volunteer reader, who even offered me to read one of my fanfics as an audio book! ;o) . It's not on librivox, though, since I didn't think I could give a fanfic into the public domain. It's available on my page in case you're interested.