Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Novels

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My Stubborn Grandpa

Ömer Açık

Editor: Müren Beykan

No one can be indifferent to exciting family secrets…

In this brand new book from the beloved author of children’s novels, three friends who are in love with planes and who are curious about stories, unveil the mystery behind a family secret. With the distinctive characters and the multilayered plot he created, Açık brings a versatile approach to the theme of intergenerational communication.

Overview

The three top favorites of fourteen year old İdil are: her grandpa, who she calls “Kitchen Bird”; air planes and words. She starts each day with the delicious breakfast prepared by her “Kitchen Bird”, she learns new words from him, and every day after school she goes together with her close friends Behice & Nazım to watch the airplanes gliding through the sky. The old photo album she brought out mothballs for her homework, upsets the balances at home, opening the way to revealing a family secret!..

AUTHOR

Ömer Açık

Born in Adana in 1980, Ömer Açık graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Classroom Teaching. He worked as a teacher first in a village of Adana, then in Mardin and İstanbul. In his first novel for children A Station Called Violet (Menekşe İstasyonu, 2015) he tells the story of solidarity in a neighbourhood. In My Dad’s Hilarious (Benim Babam Ömür Adam, 2015) Açık tells the story of a child with unlimited imagination who wants to wander with the winds. His novel Blazerless (Montsuzlar, 2017) questions the concept of […]
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