Beatrice ist 14 und kennt das schon, dass sie sich auf ihre Mutter nicht verlassen kann. Deshalb ist sie nicht besonders überrascht, als sie sich plötzlich allein mit ihrer Großmutter in dem Ferienhaus wiederfindet. Eines steht für das clevere Mädchen allerdings fest: Damit der Urlaub einigermaßen erträglich wird, muss sie ihre Großmutter ablenken. Am besten sucht sie ihr einen Mann. Dann geht sie ihr auch nicht ständig mit Essen auf die Nerven. Kein Teil des Plans ist allerdings der total peinliche Nachbarsjunge Toffie …
Edyth Bulbring Bücher
Edyth Bulbring schreibt fesselnde Erzählungen, die sich mit der Komplexität des Erwachsenwerdens und der Identitätssuche auseinandersetzen, oft vor einem lebendigen südafrikanischen Hintergrund. Ihr Stil zeichnet sich durch scharfe psychologische Einblicke in die Charaktere und eine tiefe Fähigkeit aus, die Feinheiten menschlicher Verbindungen einzufangen. Bulbring legt Wert auf Authentizität und Realismus, wodurch ihren Geschichten eine nachklingende Tiefe verliehen wird, die junge Leser anspricht. Ihre Werke bieten nachvollziehbare Erkundungen von Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen und machen sie zu einer bedeutenden Stimme in der Jugendliteratur.






Pops And The Nearly Dead
- 322 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
When Randolph St John Goodenough's neglectful parents relocate to Bangkok, he is unceremoniously dumped with his grandfather, Pops, at Nelson Mandela Gardens Retirement Village in Port Elizabeth. However, what looks certain to be three months of interminable boredom with a bunch of nearly dead people turns out to be far more interesting than Randolph could ever have imagined. The novel explores the lonely and often frightening business of growing old, seen through the compassionate eyes of a teenager. It also celebrates the agonies of a young boy negotiating his way through being in love for the first time.
Awkward.Juggling the evil teacher Mrs Ho as her new live-in mom, along with a new brother (the devious Sam Ho), and a house with half a roof, April-May's life is as much of a mess as the crummy extension Fluffy is building out back.
The Mark
- 236 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Set in a dystopian future ravaged by the Conflagration, individuals in the State of Mangeria are controlled by a mark on their spines that dictates their roles and partners. As Juliet Seven, known as Ettie, approaches her 15th birthday, she faces a predetermined life as a drudge. However, she chooses to defy her fate, setting off a chain of events that fulfills a long-standing prophecy. With unexpected twists and a unique heroine, this novel explores themes of destiny, rebellion, and the struggle against oppressive systems.
I Heart Beat
- 224 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Beatrice has got a deadbeat mum, an addiction to online messaging and an aversion to the sun. If she could stay inside all summer she most absolutely would. Except she's being shipped off to stay with her 'Grummer' - a grandmother she barely knows - while her mum has another go at rehab. If Beatrice is going to have any chance of having some peace she will need to distract Grummer with a husband. Unfortunately there aren't many eligible bachelors hanging around this cranky old dorp. Her plan is simple: identify the target, establish contact and ensure eternal love. But all does not go to plan for control-freak Beat.
Move over Georgia Nicolson, April-May has just enrolled'Life is not a bowl of cherries. A MONTH WITH APRIL-MAY is a one-eyebrow-raised account of a teenager's trials and tribulations as she navigates a new school, a new family situation and a whole new way of life.
The Choice Between Us
- 260 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
A story of two girls living in Johannesburg. Two acts of betrayal, set more than fifty years apart. Jenna, a troubled teenager, is packing up her Aunt C-C's Johannesburg house. She prises open a locked drawer and finds an old letter addressed to her aunt. One word stands out: MURDERER. As Jenna discovers the clues which reveal the secret her aunt has kept hidden all her life, she is forced to confront her own shameful act of betrayal.
The Reject
- 308 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Juliet Seven is waiting on a seacraft offshore from war-torn Mangeria, hoping that her beloved Nicolas will soon join her. Instead, the boat is pirated by a Reject boy stinking of rot and oil. A storm rises and they are swept away. They reach a new land, but all is not what it seems in this perfect place of refuge and Juliet is desperate to escape. Since the day of her birth, the blind tellers of Mangeria have prophesied that Juliet is 'The One'. What will she have to do to fulfil her destiny?
Snitch
- 146 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
High schools are jungles. And there are rules for surviving. All teenagers need to know these rules. They're pretty simple: never let your mom drive you to school in her dressing-gown. Never let her comment on your Facebook page. Never let her choose your clothes. Especially not your underwear. Common sense, right? Thirteen-year-old Ben Smith, flying under the radar at St David's, a rugby-worshipping school, knew all the rules. His mom knew them, too. That's why he trusted her to be cool. But then Ben broke the most important rule of all: never tell your mom stuff. First, he spilled the beans, then she did. And all hell broke loose. Ben wasn't Ben, Benno, Ben-dude anymore. He was the rat, the weasel, the sneak. He was Snitch.Snitch is the award-winning book of the 2017 M.E.R Prize for the best English or Afrikaans youth novel.
Snitch2: A Year of Relative Madness
- 152 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
Fifteen-year-old Ben Smith has the perfect family, but then everything changes. Ben's world is pulled inside out, his love-life turned upside down. Three things happen: A truck collides with a bus. A plane lands in Dubai, one passenger short. There is a vicious dog fight. Ben's family circle suddenly grows by one, then by two and then by another. The sum of all these new family members should be three, right? Except everyone knows that two plus one relatives don't make three, they make trouble. It's a year of relative madness.