Karin Breuker Karin Breuker i(A115275 works by)
Gender: Female
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5 14 y separately published work icon The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie The Life of Bindy MacKenzie Jaclyn Moriarty , ( trans. Karin Breuker with title Het ongelofelijke schooljaar van Scarlett M. ) Baarn : De Fontein , 2007 Z1266219 2006 single work novel young adult

'Bindy is the smartest girl at Ashbury High. She ranks in the 99.9th percentile in everything she does (including extra-curricular activities - she is casual Employee of the Month every month at Kmart). She is also the kindest girl at Ashbury High. For example:

'Before each school year begins, she memorises departmental outlines of her subjects. That way, she can gently prompt those teachers who forget or stray from the course.

'She reads up on common teen anxieties, and offers lunch-time advisory sessions in a relaxed, convivial setting (the locker room).

'But Bindy suspects that something may be missing - something more than the 0.1 she needs to make the 100th percentile. And, on the first day of Year 11, at the first session of the FAD (Friendship and Development) Project, her worst suspicions are confirmed. Nobody likes her. So Bindy makes a decision. Enough of this compassionate Bindy; she has been wasting her time. The real and ruthless Bindy is about to emerge.'

(Pan Macmillan website)

4 3 y separately published work icon Breadfruit Célestine Hitiura Vaite , ( trans. Karin Breuker with title Tropisch Fruit ) Amsterdam : Luitingh-Sijthoff , 2005 Z813400 2000 single work novel

'When a drunken Pito proposes to Materena, she initially thinks it's just the booze talking. As she nevertheless starts planning, she juggles everyday life only to have Pito act as though he's forgotten his proposal.' (Publication summary)

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