by Guus Kuijer · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807921834
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«Per sempre insieme, amen» is the young adult novel by Guus Kuijer, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (92 pages, in Italian).
Eleven-year-old Polleke is very close to her poet father, who abandoned them for another woman. Her boyfriend Mimun, of Moroccan origin, and she have a disagreement that leads to a lesson against racism at school and a spark between her mother and the teacher. When her father, now single, ends up living on the street, Polleke decides to intervene.
First installment of the Polleke series, originally published in Dutch as «Voor altijd samen, amen» in 1999. Winner of the Gouden Griffel and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.
Recommended for readers aged 9 and up; deals with racism, family separation and tolerance.
Guus Kuijer is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the Madelief series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2012, the biggest prize in children's literature. As a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008.
