Kate De Goldi creëert verhalen die zich verdiepen in de complexiteit van gezinsdynamiek en de zoektocht naar zelfontdekking, vaak door de ogen van jonge protagonisten. Haar schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door scherp inzicht in de menselijke psyche, waarbij ze meesterlijk diepgaande emoties met gevoeligheid en gratie vastlegt. De Goldi gebruikt een onderscheidende verhalende stem om boeiende verhalen te weven die diep resoneren bij lezers van alle leeftijden. Haar werken verkennen thema's als adolescentie, ergens bij horen en de kracht van gemeenschap, waarmee ze kritische lof oogst voor haar literaire bijdragen.
Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a rather large, quirky family. Until now they've been the centre of his universe, but now Frankie's view of his world begins to change. There's a new arrival at school, a dreadlocked girl called Sydney who becomes perplexingly fascinating to him. She even starts to draw him away from his best friend, Gigs. Suggested level: secondary
Eddy, Eddy is a richly layered novel, deftly written with humour and pathos.
Worry-prone Frankie keeps his family secret under control--until a bold, inquisitive girl enters his life--in this warm, witty, and captivating YA novel. (Ages 12 and up) Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons is a talented kid with a quirky family, a best friend named Gigs, and a voice of anxiety constantly nibbling in his head: Could that kidney-shaped spot on his chest be a galloping cancer? Are the smoke alarm batteries flat? Has his cat, The Fat Controller, given them all worms? Only Ma, who never leaves home, takes Frankie's worries seriously. But then, it is Ma who is the cause of the most troubling question of all, the one Frankie can never bring himself to ask. When a new girl arrives at school--a daring free spirit with unavoidable questions of her own--Frankie's carefully guarded world begins to unravel, leading him to a painful confrontation with the ultimate 10 p.m. question. Deftly told with humor, poignancy, and an endearing cast of characters, THE 10 P.M. QUESTION will touch everyone who has ever felt set apart.
Frankie Parsons is 12, going on old man. An apparently sensible boy, he carries a drumbeat of worrying questions that steadily gain volume in his head. Only Ma takes his catalogue of persistent anxieties seriously, but it is Ma herself who is the cause of the most worrying question of all.
Perry's mother and father are busy people ... they're impatient, they're tired, they get cross easily. And they think that only children, like Perry, should be kept busy. On Saturday mornings Perry and her father visit her gran, Honora Lee, at the Santa Lucia rest home, but Gran never remembers them. 'Who is that man?' Honora Lee asks when Perry's father leaves the room. After movement class is abruptly cancelled, Perry is allowed to go to Santa Lucia on Thursday afternoons. She discovers her Gran has an unconventional interest in the alphabet, so Perry decides to make an alphabet book with the help of Honora and the others. Soon everyone is interested in Perry's book project. The ACB With Honora Lee unfolds with characteristic warmth, quirky, surprising humor and a rich cast of 'residents'. The story is a meditation on kindness and patience and acceptance; that of the very young and the very old. It's a story that will resonate with echoes of recollection for many -- from Perry's endearing perspective on the adult world to the embracing kindness of those who care for the elderly.
The Gecko Annual features a dictionary of odd words that come in handy on car trips, a sophisticated 'spot the similarity', a found poem from school newsletters, a maths-nerd's memoir full of tricky logic puzzles, comics that embrace other worlds, a very unlucky zebra, and top-class fiction that spans Christchurch Botanic Gardens in the 19th century, the loss of a brother, a Kiwi beach holiday and a Fontanian boarding school. This is a book for readers who are hungry for sophisticated, wide-ranging, and challenging content. It aims to revitalize the reading experience for this age group and create lifetime readers.
Der unnachahmliche Barney Kettle, Filmemacher, großer Bruder, Teilzeit-Diktator, wird ganz sicher eines Tages ein weltberühmter Regisseur. Bisher ist sein Werk ist nur seinen Freunden und den Bewohnern der Straße bekannt, doch der Weltruhm ist nicht mehr fern. Gerade hat er noch das Krippenspiel (mit Maria und Joseph auf einem Tandem) abgedreht – und dann das: Barney hat eine Schaffenskrise! Nicht einmal seine Schwester Ren, überaus klug und eine zwanghafte Listen-Macherin, kann ihm helfen. Bis den beiden klar wird, dass der neue Film genau vor ihrer Nase passiert. Dass ihre Straße die Geschichte ist.
