Description |
459 pages ; 22 cm |
Note |
"First published as Glijvlucht in the Netherlands in 2011 by De Geus."--Title page verso. |
Language |
Translated from the Dutch. |
Summary |
"Inventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father and a flock of geese on a plane-spotters' campsite next to an airstrip. The surrounding landscape reclaimed from the sea, is as isolated as Gieles himself. The fourteen-year-old boy is longing for the mysterious dreadlocked girl he's met online, and for the affection of his absent mother, off on hapless missions to save the world. The boy conceives a desperate, dangerous plan to attract his mother's attention. He'll be a hero. Just like Captain Sully, who bravely landed on the Hudson after geese flew into his engines."--Amazon website. |
Subject |
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
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Geese -- Fiction.
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Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
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Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
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Added Author |
Forest-Flier, Nancy, translator.
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Added Title |
Glijvlucht. English
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ISBN |
1642860085 (paperback) |
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9781642860085 (paperback) |
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