Jona
Sixteen-year-old Jona’s grandmother has dementia and talks increasingly often about her old love, Simon. But that wasn’t Grandpa’s name, and no one has ever heard of Simon. Who is she talking about? For a project at school, Jona decides to make a film about the subject. He has help from two classmates: the bossy blabbermouth Elin and the calm Lucas.
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Original title
Jona
Author
Anna van Praag
Year of publication
2023
Age category
14+
Publisher
Lemniscaat
Page count
266
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This book is original, this book is tender, and above all: this is a book that had to be written.
Edward van de Vendel
A very exciting and powerful YA novel.
Radio 4, Book of the Week
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Anna van Praag
Anna van Praag (b. 1967) is a Dutch children’s writer who, after having lived in Spain for six years, moved back to Amsterdam with her husband in 2014 to run a “peace inn” by the River IJ.