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Category: Realistic

Ola en de dingen

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 25 December 201925 December 2019 in Realistic, Reviews

Ola is a young girl. Different from everybody else. Different from the rest of her family, even. After executing the deathwish of her sick mother and the accidental strangulation of her little brother, Ola loses her mind and decides to flee …

The places I’ve cried in public

Posted by Daniëlle de Boer on 9 November 201917 November 2019 in Realistic, Reviews

Amelie loved Reese. And she thought he loved her. But she’s starting to realise love isn’t supposed to hurt like this. So now she’s retracing their story and untangling what happened by revisiting all the places he made her cry. Because if she works out what went wrong, perhaps she can finally learn to get over him.

UNpregnant

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 30 October 20195 April 2020 in Fiction, Realistic, Reviews

Victoria, your typical valedictorian high-school girl has it all: nice friends, a good-looking and popular boyfriend and a scholarship in the pocket. But finding out she’s pregnant has messed everything up …

Fangirl

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 23 October 201922 October 2019 in Fiction, Realistic, Reviews

When Cath and her twinsister Wren go to the University of Nebraska to study, Cath has a lot of things to process. Because they used to do everything together, it comes as a big surprise to hear that Gwen doesn’t want Cath to be her roommate …

What red was

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 9 October 20197 October 2019 in Realistic, Reviews

This story begins with an interaction between Kate, a silent girl with a single mother, and Max, a popular and social boy with connections to a well-known person. A patonic, somewhat weird friendship is born. Years go by, not affecting the friendship between Kate and Max. But at a graduationparty at Max’ place …

Dance or Die

Posted by Daniëlle de Boer on 28 September 201929 September 2019 in Realistic, Reviews, Thriller

In the last book of the Truth or Dance series, India is in her final year at the dance academy. India and her friends Lisa, Zoë and Nikki are still being ‘harassed’ by their anonymous stalker who sends them nasty messages and forces the girls to do terrible things. This year the girls have a strong feeling that their stalker is more dangerous than ever.

Internment

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 16 September 201925 September 2019 in Fiction, Realistic, Reviews

This book is about Layla Amin, a young girl who gets put away in an internmentcamp for American muslims. From inside the camp, Layla does everything in her power to make a change.

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