Hester Velmans
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
On a whale watch trip with her class off the coast of Cape Cod, Isabel, who has always had an affinity for whales, falls overboard and discovers as she finds herself swimming underwater with whales all around her that she is one of the Chosen who can change shape from human to whale and back again. Living among her pod is fun, at first, but Isabel has an important mission. She will change the whales' future forever, and learn a lot about herself in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he has to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is...elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's favorite octogenarian is back and, together with his pals in the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he is more determined than ever to wreak havoc and turn a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life. After a year spent mourning the death of his beloved friend Eefje, Hendrik may be older and a little more wobbly, but his youthful appetite for mischief hasn't diminished. When fears arise that the home is set for demolition, it's up to Hendrik and the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums? Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs-- not least his new endeavor, the anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in-- the woman Hendrik has always longed for-- he polishes his shoes...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nine years before the events of the #1 international bestseller The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old, Hendrik and his best friend Evert embark on a madcap adventure -- with an unexpected guest. Hendrik Groen and Evert Duiker, faithful friends in good and bad times, are well over seventy and their lives have quieted down. They see each other once a week to play chess, have a drink, and grab a bite to eat while reflecting on life. But...
Author
Publisher
World Editions Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the old rectory of a Dutch village with her beautiful, eccentric mother and their two endearing male 'lodgers', Ludo and Duco, Lucy is the popular leader of the preschool set - until a bizarre crime rocks her world. Lucy's friends turn on her, and she becomes a scapegoat. When her mother is sent to prison for murder, Lucy and her uncles leave the village to start over in the Outer Hebrides, where she soon becomes part of a gang of equally...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Van Bemmel lives with her parents and three siblings in an Amsterdam suburb. Her idyllic childhood is suffused with Americana, such as Coca-Cola, potato chips, and the moon landing. But when disaster strikes on her 12th birthday, Ellen's world begins to unravel, and years later, she confronts the ghosts of her childhood.
Author
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
For years after Anne Frank's diary was published, the identity of her "best friend" was secret. Then van Maarsen owned up. Now she has written about the Anne she knew - vain, pretty, sexually curious. The little girl who giggled with Jacqueline van Maarsen has become the face of six million victims of the Holocaust, and, to many, a Jewish martyr.
