Books 12 to 16 years

They are magical, misty and mysterious – the folk tales of Ireland and Great Britain. The atmosphere envelops the reader and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur. No fewer than fifty stories, from funny to creepy, have found a place in this magnificent collection, which Margaretha van Andel – just like Norse myths – has translated in a way that knows how to get under your skin. Disappear into adventures and legends, let yourself be seduced by elves and gnomes, dream away with stories about love and be enchanted in the section about mystery and magic. Twilight Worlds is an ultimate collection of folk tales that will captivate young and old.

Brussels, 1566. The hunt for heretics determines daily life. Anyone who criticizes the Catholic Church ends up at the stake. Brewer Crispijn Matsijs also gets into trouble. He has to flee Brussels and joins the forest beggars, but does not feel at home in the rough company. Not only does he miss life in Brussels, but also his friends. And especially Eva. Simone van der Vlugt describes the years leading up to the Eighty Years' War, in which fanatical clergymen were in charge, in a compelling way. Brewer Crispijn Matsijs also gets into trouble. He has to flee Brussels and joins the forest beggars, but does not feel at home in the rough company. Not only does he miss life in Brussels, but also his friends. And especially Eva. Simone van der Vlugt describes the years leading up to the Eighty Years' War, in which fanatical clergymen were in charge, in a compelling way.

Seventeen-year-old Stach dreams of becoming king of the country of Katoren. The old king died seventeen years ago and no successor has been found yet. The six ministers who temporarily govern the country give Stach seven assignments. If Stach succeeds in fulfilling them, he will become the new king of Katoren. But are the ministers actually looking for a new king?

Clay (16) listens all night to 7 cassette tapes on which a classmate Hannah, who committed suicide two weeks earlier, explains why she ended her life.

Pyotr has been living alone with his father Sergei since his mother died, they are best friends. But then his father kills a man who attacks Pyotr and is sent to Siberia. Pyotr decides to follow him: a tough journey across Russia. Will Pyotr find his father?

Former Commissioner Keizer has been very concerned for years about the young people who join the sect 'The Living Souls'. He wants to prove that the sect is criminal and he finds three young people willing to infiltrate the sect. Will they succeed in unmasking the sect leader?

Smart, quiet and lonely - will Merel ever be able to fly? Merel is plucked from the roof of her school. Why was she there? Did she want to jump? Merel refuses to talk about it... Her life was fine - if a little lonely. She loved sitting at home with her mother, reading, watching the birds and dreaming of flying. And school was doable: she got good grades and didn't have to associate with anyone as long as she could spend her lunch breaks with Mrs. Wexley, the school librarian. But then Mrs. Wexley dies. Slowly but surely Merel discovers that there is another way to connect with people... and still be herself. A swinging way. Every quiet teenager - and everyone who has been a quiet teenager - will recognize themselves in Merel, hoping with her that she will find her wings and cheering when she flies.

Passion, Music and Lust in the Italian Renaissance Italy, 1698. Angelo wakes up in a nightmare. As a poor tanner's son, he has been chosen to study singing at the Florence Conservatory, but he did not know that he would be emasculated. His voice will always retain its beautiful sound, but he will never have children or be allowed to marry. In the four years that follow, Angelo grows into a young man with needs like any other. He leads a privileged life as one of the best singers at the Conservatory. And when he performs for the distinguished Prince De' Medici, the gates to a great musical career are thrown wide open. But is this the life he himself chooses? And will he ever be able to love again if he surrenders himself to the prince's whims?

Patrick and Tom are both members of the GENGK (the association for disabled and non-disabled children). Patrick is in a wheelchair and Tom is deaf. One evening they see a girl smashing the basement window of the Jan Steen Museum. She puts a large rectangular window inside. Who breaks into a museum to get something inside? Patrick and Tom go looking for the girl and are helped by the blind Lucy.

It is Joe's last masterful move, when he knows he is doomed: to travel with his son Woelie. To get to know each other. To put Woelie on his own two feet. To say goodbye.

Months later, Woelie writes down their story. Searching for the right beginning, he addresses the reader directly and draws him into his moving story.

Woelie had been home for months when his father became ill. Because that was easier than going to school, where he had to explain something for the umpteenth time. Years earlier, his mother was admitted to an institution, and since then he and his father Joe have run a typical male household, in which more silence is used than talk.

At home, Woelie stares at a DVD of train journeys through Europe all day long and keeps the rest of the world at bay. That's the only way he can survive.

Until disaster strikes. During a final unforgettable Rail Away tour through Europe, the
bond between Woelie and Joe is growing. And as the farewell draws closer, they get to know themselves, each other and the world.

LONDON, 1950. Davey can hardly wait. He will cross the Channel with nine others. In a whaler (a whaling sloop): the Wangle III. Just before they set sail, Davey falls ill. So ill that the doctor forbids him to go. A week later he has recovered enough to wait for his friends after their journey. But then the boat stays away... The Compass is a doubly special book. The first part tells the exciting and moving story of Davey and the disaster he escaped. In the second part, Joyce Pool and her husband, journalist Pip Barnard, describe how they went in search of the history of the Wangle III: a quest that led to family members, through England, France, Germany and the Netherlands and even to Scotland Yard...

Ilias is a very ordinary boy. But sometimes ordinary children do extraordinary things. As he grows up, Ilias must not only learn to conquer the mountain, but also find his own way and learn what it means to carry your own backpack.

Ilias's Mountain is the story of an ordinary boy named Ilias, who lives with his parents and little sister Ella in a small mountain village. It seems like a carefree village, with a small stream, a village square with a fountain, and a few charming shops. But Ilias's life is far from carefree.

Ilias fears he'll become like his father, angry and frustrated. But Ilias isn't as ordinary as he looks; he wants to do things differently from the grown-ups and their traditions. His friend and mentor, Thomas, the baker, takes Ilias under his wing, and together they make the journey up the mountain. That journey, their conversation, and what happens on the mountaintop not only changes Ilias's perspective, it changes his whole life.

Henry David Thoreau – writer, philosopher, and teacher – once wrote:
"It's not what you look at, it's what you see."
In The Mountain of the Iliad this saying comes to life.

This book bundle is a real super deal with 6 books in one great value bundle!

The books are suitable for ages 12 to 16, but adults often enjoy them too.

This book bundle contains the following books:

1. Bloodline - Joyce Pool, Kate Howard
2. Red Swan - Sjoerd Kuyper
   
3. The Story of Jane Doe - Michael Belanger
4. The Compass - Joyce Pool
5. Thirteen reasons why - Jay Asher
6. The Children's Art Book Part Yellow - Amanda Renshaw - Phaidon Press Limited