Tag: Young adult books
“Collector Gang” by David Blum: This book is a warning – culture
Every novel has an opening. These can be the characters, the tone, the language, the narrative perspective, the subject, the time. Or the location. A prefabricated housing estate, for example,…
Children’s and young people’s literature: Quiet, quiet, quiet – because little children want to read
Ten best children’s books for the gift table. source site
Non-fiction books as graphic novels: knowledge in speech bubbles – culture
How do you bring knowledge to the child? The scientifically based, sometimes complex knowledge, especially in times of dwindling reading skills among young people, who are said to have ever…
Adventure novel: The world, so cold
Magical realism of the north: In the novel “Snow Children” a few children make their way through an icy landscape. source site
Literature and Politics: The Double Plot
Greta, threesomes and hashish! Before Robert Habeck became Vice Chancellor, he wrote books for young people with his wife. What can be read from there? source site
Young people’s book about the climate crisis: “Fire. Water. Earth. Storm” by Boris Pfeiffer – Culture
At the end of the second page there is this saving sentence: “And yet there was hope.” In the previous paragraphs, the author Boris Pfeiffer threw his readers right into…
German Youth Literature Prize awarded in Frankfurt – Culture
A picture book about sounds, a comic about an indefinable pet, a novel in verse and a non-fiction book about queerness. When a literary award ceremony takes place in a…
The artist Mehrdad Zaeri has re-illustrated “Krabat” – Culture
For Otfried Preußler’s 100th birthday, the artist Mehrdad Zaeri has re-illustrated “Krabat”. Zaeri has been working as a draftsman and artist for over 30 years; his pictures can be seen…
“The Color of Revenge” by Cornelia Funke: Gray clouds are gathering – culture
If an author revisits the world of her greatest literary successes after many years, then that is a risk. Hardly anyone would know this better than Cornelia Funke. After all,…
Young adult novel "White tears": Is there a racist in every white person?
In the young adult novel “White Tears” a black boy comes to a provincial high school – and shakes the cosmopolitan certainties of the school community. source site