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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Vindens son	Henning Mankell	In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a youn…	OL158634W
Comédia infantil	Henning Mankell	A major event in publishing - Henning Mankell's departure from the crime genre will attract huge interest and this mesmerising fable will broaden his readershipOne night Jose Antonio Maria Vaz hears …	OL158672W
Jumping off to freedom	Anilú Bernardo	Courage and desperation lead fifteen-year-old David and his father to flee Cuba's repressive regime and seek freedom by taking to the sea on a raft headed for Miami.	OL1911037W
Grandpa’s Great Escape	David Walliams,David Walliams,Dewi Wyn Williams,Tony Ross	Grandpa is Jack’s favorite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then …	OL19661074W
Boys' Bodies	Michael Atkinson,Michael Kehler	"The chapters in this edited collection examine how the culture of masculinity intersects with issues of health, homophobia, and the suppression and silencing of anxieties about body image among men …	OL20547211W
Anton and Piranha	Milena Baisch	OK, so going on holiday with your grandparents is not the coolest thing ever, but it's fine - Anton is planning to spend the summer in the pool. But then disaster strikes ... their holiday camp DOES …	OL20975876W
Les dents du bonheur	Dorothée Piatek	Le personnage de ce roman apprend le jour de ses sept ans qu'il est né sous X et décide de partir à la recherche de ses vrais parents.	OL24439974W
Schiffshund in Not!	Wolfram Hänel,Ulrike Heyne	Nine-year-old Paul wants a dog and he proves himself worthy when he courageously rescues a dog stranded in a fishing boat during a storm.	OL24849945W
Funny boy	Shyam Selvadurai	Der sensible Arjie spielt lieber als Braut verkleidet mit den Mädchen aus seiner tamilischen Großfamilie, als sich auf dem Kricketplatz auszutoben. Während die Unbeschwertheit der Kindertage weicht, …	OL26178449W
Met open ogen	Ruben Prins	Daan (12) helpt zijn oom Ben die is ingehuurd om een moord op te lossen. Iedereen die in het landhuis woont heeft een motief en geheimen. Wie zou meneer Becker vermoord hebben? Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.	OL26181610W
Hij of ik	Dirk Weber	Philip (13) ontmoet Olaf. Olaf ziet er precies uit als Philip. Samen doen zij dingen die Philip alleen nooit zou durven en ze gaan op zoek naar een verklaring waarom zij zo op elkaar lijken. Vanaf ca…	OL26188268W
Mein Freund Salim	Uticha Marmon	Obwohl Hannes und seine Schwester Tammi nicht immer ein Herz und eine Seele sind, halten die Geschwister zusammen, wenn es darauf ankommt. Zum Beispiel wenn eine Geisterbahn für das Schulfest gebaut …	OL27705676W
Die Vogelscheuchen	Robert Westall	Drei furchterregende Vogelscheuchen spielen dem 13jährigen Simon einen bösen Streich, an dem fast seine Familie zerbricht.	OL27971339W
Zwei starke Freunde	Maria Seidemann	In den Ferien auf dem Land lernt Rico Melanie kennen. Melli, die viele gute Ideen hat und eine ganze Menge kann. Rico und Melli werden Freunde. Ricos Eltern sind gegen die Freundschaft. Was nun?	OL27973919W
Berts Herzenskatastrophen	Sören Olsson,Anders Jacobsson	Bert hat es nicht leicht: Zoff in der Schule, zu Hause und auch mit seiner neuen Flamme.	OL29228957W
Love That Dog	Sharon Creech	Love that Dog is a story about a young boy named Jack, and how he learns to love poetry. At the same time, he learns to open up about his feelings on a subject learned only if you read the book. Th…	OL31545W
Boyhood	J. M. Coetzee	In these fictionalised memoirs using third-person narration, Coetzee examines his childhood within the sphere of his parents' unhappy marriage, his desire for his mother and for independence from her…	OL500446W
The Way Back Home	Oliver Jeffers	Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to the…	OL5823166W
Remove protective coating a little at a time	Donovan, John,John Donovan	Fourteen-year-old Harry is more a pal than a son to his parents but his friendship with seventy-two-year-old Amelia fosters an honesty and directness that gives him the courage to be himself.	OL7010900W
Boys in children's literature and popular culture	Annette Wannamaker	xiii, 181 p. ; 24 cm	OL8105668W