May She Live Happily Ever After
by Koos Meinderts
Description
‘I just wanted to ask you something else,’ I say. ‘That time on the tracks,
didn’t you hear me calling?’
Mrs Earl looks shocked. ‘Did you call?’
‘I screamed. But you never looked back.’
On her way to school, Eva sees an old woman standing on the railroad tracks, while the barrier is dropping down and the warning bells are ringing. Without hesitation she pulls the woman from the oncoming train just at the last second. At school, she’s a hero. She’s in the newspaper and on TV. Curious about the person she’s saved, she decides to visit the woman, at which point she is confronted with the shocking truth.
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Nominated for the Austrian Children’s and Youth Book
Award
Realistic and timeless subject
A topical social and political theme in The Netherlands
An impressive book for young readers that deals with a huge ethical dilemma
Reviews
‘The words that Koos has chosen for his descriptions of
all of these colourful characters have a pleasing cadence and good rhythm. They seem so natural, light and lively on the page; they hit home, one after another, the way only a true literary artist can do it. The book makes you hunger for more.’
- Children’s Bookstore Award, jury report of Bij ons in de straat (In Our Street)
Author Biography
Koos Meinderts (The Hague, 1953) made his debut as a writer in 1983 with Mooi meegenomen. He writes stories, poems and song lyrics for children and adults. May She Live Happily Ever After is
his first book for young adult readers.
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Shared Stories is the in-house rights agency non-fiction and children's and YA titles of the Dutch VBK Publishing Group, representing the publishing houses AnkhHermes, De Fontein, Houtekiet, Kok|Omniboek, Kosmos, Luitingh-Sijthoff, Mozaïek and Ten Have.
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- Publisher De Fontein
- Orginal LanguageDutch
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleLang Zal Ze Leven
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