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FRANKFURT 2023

Foreign rights catalogue Children’s Books & YA Pelckmans publishers

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Pelckmans aims to inspire, inform and relax today’s readers.

In this catalogue we showcase our newest and hottest titles in children’s books and YA . Please, note that our backlist is much more elaborate than this catalogue is able to convey. Should you be looking for a specific topic, title or type of publication: don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

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RECENTLY TRANSLATED TITLES

Rights sold: German and Russian p. 20

Rights sold: Danish and Italian p. 10

Rights sold: Korean p. 13

Rights sold: Japanese, Italian, Polish, English, Korean and French p. 13

Rights sold: German p. 14

Rights sold: Italian p. 23

BOOKS FOR TODDLERS & PICTURE BOOKS

FLIP FLAP PEEKABOO

Guido Van Genechten

A masterpiece by internationally published illustrator Guido Van Genechten. This sturdy sized cardboard book hides a surprise in each spread. On every page a series of animals are hidden that turn out not to be who they are after all…

The riddles, sturdy flaps and fun illustrations prickle the curiosity of little explorers. Suitable for toddlers from 18 months and older.

de andere bestanden heb ik niet geplaatst, er stond een watermerk op.

Also by Guido Van Genechten

Fascinating and sturdy leporello-books for young children

MOLE’S BIRTHDAY

Marieke van Hooff & Henk van der Gugten

It’s Mole’s birthday! Of course all his friends are coming to his fun birthday party. There is cake and lemonade, there is singing and, of course, there are presents. Will you celebrate Mole’s birthday with them?

Titles in this series: Mole bakes cookies, Mole builds a rocket, Mole has fun in winter, Mole goes to the beach, Mole can do something, Mole cuddles, Mole celebrates Christmas and Mole helps Mouse

Can’t get enough of Mole and his friends? Neither can we! That’s why we brought Mole to life with this cheerful cuddly toy.

Recognizable series of stories for toddlers about the likable character Mole who has fun adventures with his friends.

Florian is a tiny fly with huge plans: he wants to make his family proud by planting a flag on the moon. The only thing is: he’s in a bit of a hurry.

NOTHING BUT LOVE

Sarah De Bie & Laura Muls

Most things start out small Except our love for you Which couldn’t be bigger at all.

Moms Sarah de Bie, wife of Wout van Aert, and Laura Muls took up pen and drawing pencil to create this endearing, playful and universally recognizable bedtime story on the many ways love is shown in a modern family: it’s not because one parent is (sometimes) away, that you are any less loved as a child. The smallest readers can look for the bees that are hidden throughout the story.

Nothing but love is an ode to parenting and that special love that feels natural your whole life through.

Moon is an endearing story about persevering, being brave and chasing your dreams.

STAR

Leonie Lagaune & Els Decaluwe

In Star, Leonie Lagaune and Els Decaluwe show how to keep the memory of a lost someone in a tight-knit family in all seasons. With touching symbolism and atmospheric prints, this is a hopeful read-aloud story about cherishing, remembering and never letting go.

Leonie Lagaune is a mother of four little children, three of whom can be physically cuddled and one that she carries in her heart. As an online content creator she lets people look into her daily life as a mom, struggles included. She hopes to inspire others, because there is always more than what meets the eye.

Els Decaluwe is an illustrator with a penchant for sensitive stories. She started her career in animation and after several years she made the switch to the illustration world. The love for movement and emotions that she discovered during her time with animation, she now likes to a place in her warm illustrations.

A valuable story for families with star children, as well as for anyone who has ever lost someone.

IS IT OKAY TO PET SHARKS?

CAN MOUNTAINS SHRINK?

a non-fiction book series

DOES OLD CHEESE STEM FROM OLD COWS?

CAN BIRDS SNEEZE?

This appraised an highly imaginative series of nonfiction for toddlers answers their everyday questions. The editions tackle the themes of animals, earth, food and birds.

Every spread opens with a question, and when you flip open the page you get both a fantastical response as well as a scientific answer.

Also by Inge Rylant

A non-fiction flip-over picture book, Two playful wordless board books with flaps

winner of Henry van de Velde Graphic & Communication Award 2021

winner of the Belgian Youth Jury 2021

HOW BIG IS A DINOSAUR TURD?

Katrijn De Wit, Inge Rylant, Laura Bergans

Can you hug dinosaurs? Can a T-rex tap its toes? Do carnivores eat vegetables, too? And where are all these dinosaurs actually hidden?

Author Katrijn De Wit, illustrator Inge Rylant and designer Laura Bergans dive under water with the Spinosaurus, pay a visit to the dinosaur dentist, do somersaults with the long-necked dinosaur, and measure the size of a dinosaur turd once and for all.

The fifth part of this wonderful series contains 12 questions children ask themselves today about the dinosaur-kingdom and brings a wealth of fantastic and scientific answers. An extraordinary book that amazes, imagines and expresses.

Now in a brand new hardcover format with more questions than the cardboard editions.

Katrijn De Wit studied Art History and Theater Studies. She is head of communications and marketing of a major international art institution. The amazed view of the world of her two sons inspired her to create the series ‘Wijze weetjes’.

Inge Rylant is an illustrator and print designer. In addition to the series ‘Wijze weetjes’, she has already published baby books and a picture book in Belgium and France. Her projects combine illustration and graphic design in a contemporary way.

Laura Bergans is an award-winning graphic designer. Her experience ranges from art educational publications for children to branding for fashion houses and cultural institutions. Laura’s style is recognizable with energy and playfulness in all her projects.

THE BIGGEST UNDERPANTSTHEFT

Kim Crabeels & Melvin

What to do when you’re a KA-TCHING wealthy director of a museum full of underpants on the day that the most prestigious of panties (the lacy pair of Mona Lisa) gets stolen? You put on your big boy panties and you try and find the culprit.

A visual feast in an incredibly musical and rhytmical text that you’ll just want to read over and over again.

Rights sold: danish & italian

Nominated for the Belgian Children’s & Youth’s Jury 2023

BEDTIME FOR ADULTS

Lynn Pinsart & Julie Vangeel

Today we reverse the roles. YOU put the grown-ups to bed. Because they are tired, exhausted and in serious need of sleep. And here’s why. They are snout cleaner, weightlifter, wizard… Adults have up to 10 different jobs during the day. Will you help put them to bed? One more story, one last kiss and you’re done!

This books invites the tiny readers to put their parents to bed. Or is it the other way around? A heartwarming story that is sure to turn bedtime upside down.

WOOD

Kim Crabeels & Dieter De Schutter inspired by the story of Marc Herremans

Picture this: a forest. Deep and dark. Not a shred of light penetrates the ground. And not even a sound ... Only, occasionally, a “Ooh! or an “Aah! from beaks and snouts of animals watching from a distance, full of admiration, for that one tree that shades all that forest.

‘Well have you ever in this life ...’

‘Anything that big?’

‘Never.’

Tree is the very biggest. Its crown is the crown on the forest. From the leaf-cutter ants to the elephant, all the animals admire him immensely - especially Tree’s favorite branch. But then a storm hits, and disaster strikes; there’s a kink in Trees crown and one branch lies on the ground. Exactly that one. What is Tree’s life without his favorite branch?

A moving, humorous, and hopeful story about worrying and bending your thoughts in a positive way.

Kim Crabeels used to fantasize about a world full of talking animals. Back then people thought that was unusual; today that’s just her job. She gives numerous lectures about her awardwinning and translated books.

Dieter De Schutter is an illustrator and storyteller from Antwerp. In 2019, he went on a writing residency in Paris. With his visual stories he has received many awards. In 2021, he won the Purple Island Award at the South Korean children’s book festival Nami Concours.

ALDO & RINO

Jacques & Lise

Aldo and Rino love Nonna’s cooking. When Nonna comes dancing out of the kitchen with two steaming plates of spaghetti, she stumbles and only one plate remains.

The brothers must share one plate. All goes well until the final string of spaghetti remains ...

Jacques & Lise , the duo Jacques Maes & Lise Braekers, are both graphic designers. The nostalgic finds they dig up at flea markets and the many citytrips they make, often form the basis for their designs. They have won many awards with their illustration work and their books are translated worldwide.

A playful and surreal story about sharing, letting go and putting things into perspective.

“The exceptional talent of Jacques & Lise consists in the fact that they know how to tell much more with their images than what is written in the text.” – MappaLibri

By the same duo

The press about Pia:

‘Three years ago, i wrote enthusiastically about Viktor (2018) that Jacques and lise already proved they were no one-hit wonders, but that their – then still limited oeuvre – “might be the promising beginning of a rich career as quirky illustrators”. i added – secretly hoping for more quality picture books – that i would be delighted to follow that evolution closely. And yes, with each successive picture book they consolidated their unique position in the picture book world. it makes one look forward to the next fruit of their intense collaboration.’

(Jürgen Peeters - Tzum.info)

— Jürgen Peeters – Tzum.info

Recent awards and special mentions for the work of Jacques

& Lise:

• Participation Biennale of Bratislava 2023 with Pia

• Third prize at the 2022 Reading Jury for Henry

• shortlisted l okomotywa Award 2022 for the Polish translation of Viktor

• Participation in the Bratislava Biennale 2021 with Henry

• shortlisted Paul Hurtmans Biennal 2021 for the French translation of Viktor

• Honorary Mention in the Prix libbylit 2020 for the French translation of Viktor

• shortlisted by the Reading Jury 2020 with Viktor

THE STRAIGHT STORY OF SLUG

Tom Mariën & Eleni Debo

Slug’s road runs straight, dead straight. He avoids flower nor bush. But the sun burns hot and the road is long. ‘Let yourself go,’ states Centipede. ‘Break out of yourself,’ says Ant. But how does one do that, Slug ponders. And will it hurt?

The straight story of Slug tells a compelling story about right and not so right. About holding on and holding steady. Breaking in and breaking out.

EVERYTHING IS CHANGING

Laïla Koubaa & Inge Bogaerts

Every year, at the beginning of summer, Dounia heads to the city. It’s a gloriously festive occasion.

When Dounia falls asleep on the return ride on the train, something surprising happens. There are no parents waiting at the final stop, instead Dounia finds a gecko, a flamingo, a ray and other stray animals. Together they look for the way home – and decide to make their journey a little more beautiful.

Rights sold: German

HAVE FAITH

Kirstin Vanlierde & Lo Granqvist

This is a story as old as the dawn.... A picture book that invites young and old to follow the call of adventure. You don’t have to know the way. You can just have faith.

For anyone who needs a boost, is facing a new experience, or is momentarily lost in the woods – this picture book shows you that you will find your own way and that everything that comes on your path is a new adventure. The wonderfully positive message combined with the atmospheric illustrations make this the perfect gift book to cherish, share and reach back to again and again.

Stunning illustrations in a timeless story.

Kirstin Vanlierde writes books for all ages. As a Wanderer between Worlds, she feels most at home in borderlands: between ‘me’ and ‘the other’, between fact and fantasy. In her stories she weaves what is possible and what may not be possible into a reality that is both recognizable and challenging for the reader.

Swedish illustrator Lo Granqvist created their first book as a child, for their little brother. With watercolor in hand, Lo let themself be inspired by the old classics and the mystery of the forest. Meanwhile, Lo ended up in Denmark and became a circus performer, but found their way back to illustrating … to where it all began.

© Peggy Van Bogaert

ONCE AGAIN LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Astrid Van der Schueren & Sanny Winters

And they lived happily ever after… Or so we’re told at the end of a fairy tale. But what if the story doesn’t end there? How would your favorite characters live on? In this contemporary follow-up to a tale as old as time, Little Redhood has anxiety, Wolf has trouble digesting his second meal and grandma is enjoying a second childhood …

A story on conquering your fears and making friends.

DINOSAURS AND HOW TO HIDE THEM

Gheleyne Bastiaen

Sam has a most peculiar pet: a dinosaur! They are inseparable.

Sam has to stay with her dad every other week. The only problem is: dad isn’t keen on dinosaurs, especially not for girls. So Sam concocts a plan to bring her dinosaur home in secret. But is hiding her friend the best idea?

Dinosaurs and how to hide them is a debut about acceptance and breaking free from expectations.

ALWAYS CLOSE TO YOU

Janneke Ipenburg

Rune and Addae live miles apart. Their homes are connected by a long thread. At each end of that wire is a can. With that, they talk to each other every day. By doing so, they never feel alone. One day Rune gets no answer. The silence is unbearable, because without Addae she feels lost. Rune decides to go looking for him ...

Janneke Ipenburg studied theater design, but soon found her love for picture books. Although she now has a couple of books on her name as an author, she still considers herself primarily an illustrator. But either way, for her the best thing about making picture books is the telling of a story, creating a world, whether in language or in pictures.

A small story about friendship and being connected.

NON-FICTION FOR CHILDREN

AROUND THE WORLD

There are people who don’t sit, and cities that don’t sleep, party people who don’t go home, and stores where the lights still burn bright at night, in the same way there are birds you can’t even get down with sticks for ten months or so not even when you are standing around waving treats and promises and free tickets to the super bowl.

In addition to the swift which you can’t get to land, in Around the globe you’ll come across the golden stump-nosed monkey that sleeps in close-knit clubs, the helmeted basilisk from South America, the lime tree that is for lovers and you’ll even caress a Christmas-piece-reindeer-moss.

These and many other characters of fauna and flora come to life through the illustrations of Nina Aerts and in the prose of Birgit Mijlemans. A unique anthology.

Nina Aerts prefers to work analog: paper, pencil, gumsel, scraps and paint stains adorn her drawing table - and usually her fingers and clothes. Her illustrations show who she is: a cheerful melancholy, a rational dreamer and a deliberate lover of absurdity.

Birgit Mijlemans lives and works in Ghent; teaches English and writes short stories. She explored with her boys all the skate spots that Western Europe and loves Nina’s enthusiasm for wildlife.

A parade of the eccentric and wild spectacles of nature.

Nina Aerts & Birgit Mijlemans

BILLIE AND HIS GENES

Stefan Boonen and Melvin

Stefan Boonen & Melvin take you on a journey through (and to) your genes: this book will tell you anything you want to know about why you either taste cilantro or soap, why your nose looks the way it does, why you love chocolate and, even, why you like to read. It’s all in your genes.

In collaboration with the university of Leuven.

Rights sold: German and Russian

De Bruyne & Yarne Daeren

Each book contains 20 stories that may or may not have truly happened. One spread tells the story, after which the reader needs to answer the question: true or false? After the page is flipped, an explanation as well as a few other fun facts are given. Discover for yourself if once upon a time there was a cat that became a postman, a man that ate a plane or a canary that had a thousand friends …

More than 10.000 copies sold in less than two years!

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN

Kamiel

MAX AND RIBBLE

Emi

Catteeuw & Yarne Daeren

Max is a little adventurer. She lives with Dieu, on the top floor of what was once the tallest building in Brussels. Max has a suit with lots of pockets and zippers. And she has a parachute. She can fly like the best of them. But landing? That’s another matter!

One day Max flies into a screaming pink string. That screaming pink string turns out to be an earthworm named Ribbeltje. Max and Ribbeltje get along very well. Max immediately invites Ribbeltje to come live with Dieu, too. But um ... there are already a thousand ants (or more, hard to count!) living with Dieu. A while later, when Max also brings home a cockroach and a herring, Dieu has had enough. High time to look for a new place to live.

THE LONGLIVELOTTALANE

Janis Ooms & Ilse Hermans

Come take a peek and marvel into the Longlivelottalane. The street where little farts escape. And fuming giants exist. Where your belly will ache with laughter, but where there’s also room for sorrow. Where every house is an adventure to dream away in.

An imaginative read-aloud book, full of colorful characters and rich emotions. Incredibly valuable on diverse themes such as losing a sibling or a partner, different celebrations in the classroom, chronic illnesses with young children, … without these topics being thematized explicitly. A genuine must-have in the classrooms and on the bedside tables.

BEFORE THE NEW MOON

Tine Lefebvre, cover illustration by Jacques & Lise

Boris has everything to be happy. Correction: he HAD everything to be happy. His faithful dog, Friday. Ark, the island his parents built themselves in the SansLake. But then along came Moon. His new sister from the Mainland. When Boris wishes for Moon to disappear and his wish comes true, everything seems to return back to normal on Ark. But then suddenly, also Friday is nowhere to be seen. To retrieve his dog, Boris leaves the island for the first time. But at the Mainland he has to watch out for the Landlubbers his mother and father have always warned him about. An exciting quest follows …

Stefan Boonen

Rights sold: italian

If you haven’t got a lot of time: this is a story about a girl, Lowie. She runs away.

In the end she (almost) dies. And there’s more, of course, much more.

Until that fateful Wednesday in April, Lowie was employed by Mr and Mrs Simmer. Just like her mum (before she left) and grandmother (before she died). All day long - and all by herself - she had to do one lousy chore after the other. Until Mrs Simmer snapped her fingers one time too many. Lowie decides to run away. She ends up in the village of Hinkel. The thing you need to know about Lowie: when she gets angry or sad, she can jump so high it’s as if she can fly …

A wonderfullyexceptional debut middle grade novel on what it’s like to have a little sister. And even more about how it feels to be a big brother.

TITA TATTLETALE

Tess Thyssen & Emma Thyssen

Tita is eight and on her way to nine. She has the best sister, a challenging brother, and a baby brother. She has a mother, a father, a grandmother, no grandfather. Tita also has an uncle. Honkel Echtbert. And. Echtbert is a dog. He walks on his hind legs, whizzes around on his skateboard and wears clothes. That Grandma dresses him in. But the fact that he sometimes sniffs his own butt, this the big people don’t seem to notice.

Tita doesn’t know if the big people in her family are really blind and deaf. Or that they are just very good at pretending. Once Honkel Echtbert caused Tita heartache. When that threatens to happen again, she has had enough. It is time for everyone to see what she sees. Bravely, Tita forges a crazy plan to reveal his identity. Will she succeed?

“Because everything is what it seems, if you look with your eyes open.” - Tita Tattletale

Emma Thyssen illustrates children’s books in her very own explosive and expressive Emma style. They make your eyes twinkle.

Tess Thyssen is Emma’s cousin. The power of humor and expression must be in the genes somewhere since Tess’s conquering flow of words also makes your eyes twinkle. A new literary voice that possesses the remarkable talent to pull you deep into the head, heart, and belly of a child.

Compelling, touching, playful and exciting debut about family, (trauma and) recognition and standing up for yourself!

FICTION FOR TEENAGERS & YOUNG ADULTS

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THE SEVEN KEYS

Part 2. Beyond the fall

THE SEVEN KEYS

Part 1. The path of the Robberking

Tom Rijpert

Cover illustration by Jeff Langevin

Kobold the dwarf is in possession of a mythical key, the first of the seven. He knows that these keys open the gates to exactly what his family has yearned for centuries: the treasure of the ruthless Robberking. But the seven gates have seven guards and alone he will never be able to defeat them, so he lures six travelers to his inn to accompany him.

A shadowy pickpocket, an old spinster with a mysterious gift, a talking fox, a tightrope walker with no name, a girl with freckles and a young music box maker who does look very much in love with her. Ignorant of what awaits them, and all with their own history and their own purpose, they beg Kobold to let them come along on their journey, no matter how great the danger...

The Path of the Rover King is the first volume of the duology The Seven Keys. An exciting and mysterious fantasy story for young and old about the power of greed, friendship and the courage it takes to defeat your own demons.

An adventurous and imaginative debut about a mysterious traveling companion!

Tom Rijpert began telling stories at an early age. Hearing stories on cassette tapes made way for a video camera, and movies starring little Lego dolls and friends led to a career as a movie director. And then suddenly a story bubbled up inside him that was perfect for a book. He couldn’t resist to write it down and thus The Seven Keys was born.

© Job Kraaijeveld

SEA SPARKLE

Wendy Huyghe

One stormy night, Lena’s father’s fishing boat sinks. Her father Antoine Blomme and his two crew members, one of them the dad of Lena’s best friend, die. The funeral is chilly, since everyone seems to think it was all Antoine’s fault, because an experienced fisherman shouldn’t head out during a storm, now, does he? It makes Lena furious, since no one knew the sea better than her father did. When the funeral boat is suddenly startled by a fierce shock, Lena catches a glimpse of a black shadow disappearing under the boat … maybe a sea creature is the true cause of her father’s death?

A powerful coming of age novel on loss.

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IT’S DIFFERENT WITH YOU

Hanne Eerdekens

Nolan is eighteen and his childhood is different from that of most teens. His mother has young-dementia and his father works two jobs so they can make ends meet. Raising his sister Magritte rests mostly on Nolan’s shoulders. That’s not always easy, but he finds refuge at school, in basketball and … in popularity.

When his ‘senior-dare’ suddenly goes viral and everyone is convinced that he is in love with his smart, rich, French yearmate Louis Baudelaire, that spotlight kind of disappoints. Nolan’s plan is to disappear off the radar for a while. But then he is offered five thousand pounds for an interview. Five thousand pounds to help his mom, buy crayons for his sister, be able to go to college himself … Only: Nolan doesn’t fall for boys.

An instant TikTok hype on Belgian BookTok!

LILY

Tom De Cock

It’s fifty degrees out. Sea levels are rising every day and each day holds a brand new lockdown due to some new virus – or worse, a nasty fungus. But Lily couldn’t be damned. She’s fourteen, bathes in luxury, and is always busy busy busy as one of the most famous influencers of her time.

When she falls head over heels in love with the gorgeous yet grumpy Samuel on vacation, she embarks on a crazy adventure to win his heart (and lips). What she hadn’t counted on was the harsh truth about the life she leads. A journey of discovery that will rock not only her existence, but that of every young person on the planet.

LILY: STORM

Tom

De Cock

It’s breaking news worldwide – in what’s left of the world, that is. Lily Rieder-Dubois is alive. She once appraised hair products and soft drinks as a famous influencer. Today she only sells the message that everything urgently needs to change.

The fifteen-year-old rebel with the eye patch has seen the price of luxury. Human blood, melting polar caps, dying nature. And then she discovers that the worst is yet to come. But no matter how loud she shouts, not everyone trusts her. Isn’t she the girl who wants to tear down the Wall? Aren’t her followers terrorists? Isn’t she exaggerating a bit?

“Well-written dystopian YA on climate change and not being heard with an incredibly strong female main character. Even more exciting and timely than the first chapter of this series!” – ★★★★ youngadults.nl on Goodreads on LILY: STORM

LILY: STEEL

Tom De Cock

Lily Rieder-Dubois is sixteen and president of a broken country. One year after the attack on the Wall, all eyes are on her. The path, omens and timing of the Storm are clear: at the height of the climate shift, life on Earth will become impossible for everything that breathes for at least three years. No one sees a way out, but it is impossible for Lily to resign herself to that.

As smog and ash cast a dark veil around the planet, Lily realizes that a solution must be sought outside the New Union. With the motley crew of her staunchest allies and worst enemies, she faces the ultimate diplomatic mission. She must and will find answers and unite the world. A world full of Walls, behind which the most insane things are brewing …

This is the third volume in the LILY saga. LILY received in the Netherlands the prestigious award Best Book for Young People 2022.

More than 9,000 copies have already been sold in this series.

Tom De Cock is constantly puzzled and interested in literally everything. He can be heard every weeknight on the radio and daily puts his soul into podcasts, television and books. He lives with his husband, daughter, and foster son in Leuven. LILY is his award-winning young-adult debut for anyone who is young or feels that way.

© Michiel Devijver

Also by Bjorn Van den Eynde

THE BESTSELLER SERIES TEAM MORTIS

The Team Mortis series is a highly successful YA series about 4 undercover spies whose identities have been erased. With 14 titles in the series to date and over 40.000 books sold, this series continues to be loved by many readers from 13 years and up. Every book can be read separately.

Each book features an international setting; from Mexico to China to the US, on each continent the author has another chilling murder take place.

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER 2: FANFICTION

Bjorn Van den Eynde

‘Trust me. I’m your biggest fan.’

An unknown killer murders a teenage girl and kidnaps her boyfriend. Spicy detail: the murder was inspired by the short story of Wattpad sensation Julia Aquino, a somewhat reclusive and strange girl from Sardinia, Italy.

Young soccer player Matteo Giunta is also a writer, albeit not very good at all, and a fan of the work of ‘Julia17’. When he and his older brother and little sister move to the region where Julia lives and where the murder took place, he sees his chance. He wants to connect with Julia, learn how she writes her stories and get caught up in a real True Crime!

But the killer has no intention of resting and will still create victims, inspired again and again by short stories by Julia. Before Matteo realizes it, he is intensely involved in the case. And then the question is whether he can really trust Julia.

‘A new series by my favorite Flemish author, that can only mean good things! And as with the better known Team Mortis series, I flew through the book. It was tremendously exciting to figure out who the killer could be. So I’m counting down to the next book in this series!’

★★★★ - ★★★★★justareader - Goodreads.com

Bjorn Van den Eynde is a young-adult author, television screenwriter and director. After studying Audiovisual Arts at the RITS (Brussels), he worked as a director for production company Eyeworks. Since then he devoted himself entirely to the creation of fiction, as an author for (young) adults and as a director and scriptwriter. His young-adult series Team Mortis has already sold more than 40,000 copies.

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