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Het Overstroomde Land [The Rising]


volume 2, Tom Moorehouses Water Vole Series

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No. of pages 256

Published: 2015

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'I came here to warn you. Before it's too late.' When their uncle Sylvan pays an unexpected visit, young water voles Kale and Strife know something exciting must be about to happen. Little do they know that soon they'll be running for their lives, as a new danger threatens to destroy everything and everyone they care about. Kale and Strife will need all their strength and courage to survive their journey into the unknown. But the shadows are full of enemies, and still more surprises lie in wait ...will they ever make it back home again?This thrilling follow-up to the highly-acclaimed novel, De Lokroep van de Rivier, will transport readers into a vivid world of riverbank creatures, where excitement and danger are never far away.Summary in Dutch:Als hun oom Sylvan onverwacht op bezoek komt, voelen de jonge woelratten Kale en Strife aan hun snorharen dat er iets spannends staat te gebeuren. Ze weten dan nog niet dat hun rustige, vertrouwde leventje algauw ruw verstoord zal worden - en dat ze zullen moeten rennen voor hun leven. Kale en Strife hebben al hun kracht en moed nodig om hun reis naar het onbekende te overleven. Maar achter elk struikje loert een vijand, en overal dreigt gevaar. Zullen ze ooit veilig thuiskomen?Het Overstroomde Land is een schitterend kinderboek van de hand van de Britse ecoloog Tom Moorhouse. Het geeft een kleurrijk inkijkje in het leven van een woelrattenfamilie. Het taalgebruik is beeldend en sprookjesachtig, het verhaal is warm en tegelijkertijd spannend. Het neemt de lezers mee in een kleurrijke wereld van rivierbewoners, vol spanning en avontuur. Prachtige zwart-wittekeningen maken het boek compleet.

 

This is volume 2 in Tom Moorehouses Water Vole Series .

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by KNNV Publishing .

Simon Mendez lives and works in Yorkshire, England. He has loved to draw for as long as he can remember. He is also the winner of a Gold Star Award from the Association of Illustrators in the UK. Tom Moorhouse lives in Oxford. When not writing fiction he works as an ecologist at Oxford University's Zoology Department. Over the years he has met quite a lot of wildlife. Most of it tried to bite him. He loves hiking up mountains, walking through woods, climbing on rocks, and generally being weather-beaten outdoors.

This book is in the following series:

Tom Moorehouses Water Vole Series

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