VREEMDE VOS

254pp., paperback, Human & Rouseau, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780798186162

Thirteen year-old Timotheus Nieuwoudt struggles with an increasing sense of loneliness and isolation after he loses his hand in a car accident and then learns that his parents are getting divorced - until a red fox appears and teaches him how to navigate his complex emotions.

Carel van Rooyen grew up in Kakamas and lives in Durbanville. He works as a DTP specialist at Optimum Learning Technologies.