"A lively, exciting and funny novel, which is told with great energy
and momentum. A completely convincing picture of the bizarre fantasy
world of a lonely adolescent." ―Dutch Foundation for Literature
Inventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father and a flock of geese on a
plane-spotters' campsite next to an airstrip. The surrounding landscape
reclaimed from the sea, is as isolated as Gieles himself. The
fourteen-year-old boy is longing for the mysterious dreadlocked girl
he's met online, and for the affection of his absent mother, off on
hapless missions to save the world.
The boy conceives a desperate, dangerous plan to attract his mother's
attention. He'll be a hero. Just like Captain Sully, who bravely landed
on the Hudson after geese flew into his engines. Goemans's charmingly
upbeat novel describes the fantasy-driven world of a teenage boy. At the
same time, it tells the incredible story about how the Dutch turned
water into land.