by Guus Kuijer · Young Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330441131
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«The Book of Everything» is Guus Kuijer's children's and young adult novel, published by Young Picador in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Thomas Klopper sees things no one else sees: tropical fish in the canals, sparrows playing the trumpet and frogs coming through the letterbox. When his father hits his mother, Thomas sees the angels cry. He writes down his visions in his «Book of Everything» and records his wish: to be happy when he grows up, a determination that sustains him in the face of adversity.
The 2007 English edition translates the original Dutch «Het boek van alle dingen» (2004), winner of the Gouden Griffel and the Gouden Uil for youth literature in 2005 and the Andersen Prize in 2010.
A read intended for readers from about nine years old, combining realism and fantasy that handles domestic violence with sensitivity.
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.
