Review: Tin Toeval - Guus Kuijer

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Title: Tin Toeval en het Geheim van Tweebeens-eiland
Author: Guus Kuijer
Genre: Children's
Publisher: Wolters-Noordhoff, 2003
Pages: Paperback, 139
Language: Dutch
Rating:6,5/10
Summary: On a short trip across an Amsterdam canal, Tin Toeval's grandma falls in love with the ferryboat captain. The three of them set out to sea to find the treasure of pirate Hark the Shark....

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Review: Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger

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Title: Her Fearful Symmetry
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Genre: Novel
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2009
Pages: Paperback, 390
Language: English
Rating: 8/10
Summary: Two American twinsisters inherit an appartment from their English aunt (their mother's estranged twinsister). Despite their mother's objections the girls decide to move to London.

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Review: The Wild Things - Dave Eggers

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Title: The Wild Things
Author: Dave Eggers
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2009
Pages: Paperback, 279
Language: English
Rating: 7/10
Summary: Based on the children's book Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, this is David Eggers' interpretation of the story about a boy who runs away from home and ends up on an island full of monsters.

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