Bookcover for Rindert Kromhout’s YA novel “Geloof Mij Maar”

Geloof Mij Maar, written by Rindert Kromhout, is a contemporary young adult novel for readers aged 13 and up about fake news, conspiracy theorists, and the threshold of adulthood.

The novel Geloof Mij Maar follows Tommaso, a boy who dreams of becoming a journalist. He travels to Rome to write an article about fake news in Italy, both past and present. His research is abruptly disrupted when he himself risks becoming the victim of malicious fake news. He takes on the conspiracy theorists, but can that battle be won? And can his relationship with his great love, the handsome but naïve Giorgio, still be saved?