Children's Books / Young Adults Spring 2022

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Peter von Becker

Jonah’s Journey: An Adventure Through Time and Space

With 10 amazing colour plates

Date of publication: May 9, 2022
Hardcover | 192 pages | With illustrations from: Stella Dreis | Recommended age group: 8+
Nine-year-old Jonah and his family and friends are forced to flee the city of Nineveh (today’s Mosul) to save themselves from its brutal ruler. They’re pursued by mysterious tempests, and their l...
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Monika Feth

Brimful with Bliss

A touching novel about living with Down’s syndrome, blended families and true friendship

Date of publication: March 21, 2022
Hardcover | 352 pages | Recommended age group: 10+
Suri’s mother reckons there are worse things in life than living in a castle. But Suri and her brothers Bjarne and Erik disagree. The castle is located in the dull flatlands, and managed by their...
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Andreas Langer

School of Shadows: The Floating Fortress

The gripping ninja adventure continues

Date of publication: April 18, 2022
Hardcover | 224 pages | With illustrations from: Ulla Mersmeyer | Recommended age group: 10+
Now that they’re back at the School of Shadows after their recent adventure, Nori, Tenzo, Asa and Ryu resume their lessons. Their new teacher Sensei Okuse is showing them the art of hiding under ...
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Katharina Reschke

Dreams Are Like Wild Tigers

Date of publication: January 10, 2022
Hardcover | 192 pages | Recommended age group: 10+
Ranji Ram and Toni Finster couldn’t be more different. While 13-year-old Ranji, who has just moved to Berlin from Mumbai, dreams of becoming a film star, 12-year-old Toni is using her karate skil...
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Chantal Schreiber

My Fire Horse: Caught in the Midnight Sun

Date of publication: June 27, 2022
Hardcover | 192 pages | Recommended age group: 10+
At last she’ll have her very own horse! When Eva’s cousin Emma encounters a young mare on a ride through the wilderness and manages to lead the runaway horse back to the stables, it looks like he...
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Rüdiger Bertram

The Path

The story of a flight to freedom

Date of publication: January 10, 2022
Paperback | 240 pages | Recommended age group: 12+
France 1941: "Good or evil" is more than just the name of a game. Twelve-year-old Rolf and his father like so many other German refugees are being hunted by the Nazis. The two of them are stuck i...
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Stefan Gemmel

Adventures of a Kebab-Blogger

Date of publication: March 21, 2022
Hardcover | 208 pages | With illustrations from: Martina Hillemann | Recommended age group: 10+
"24 hours chasing digital zombies, with no time to eat or sleep? Count me in!" All Chris needs to be happy are a computer for gaming and the occasional kebab in his belly. But his godfather has o...
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Sabine Ludwig

Adelheid, of All People!

The first in a new children’s series by bestselling author Sabine Ludwig

Date of publication: March 21, 2022
Hardcover | 192 pages | With illustrations from: Barbara Jung | Recommended age group: 8+
Adelheid has to repeat the third year at school – and life is tough in other ways too: she keeps having to stand up to her three talented and beautiful sisters, which is both hard work and pointl...
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Nicole Röndigs

FRRK! – Lizard Alert

Date of publication: December 13, 2021
Hardcover | 208 pages | With illustrations from: Zapf | Recommended age group: 10+
Tom's friend FRRK has left for his home planet Tmllp, he himself is surrounded by various parents in love on Earth - and then Griselda, his friend Elli's bearded dragon, breaks out of the researc...
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Gesa Schwartz

Ella Löwenstein – A Sea of Magic

Date of publication: November 22, 2021
Hardcover | 160 pages | With illustrations from: Catherine Gabrielle Ionescu | Recommended age group: 8+
When a poisonous green curse cloud is released over your own garden, the next adventure can't be far away – Ella is sure of that. And indeed, shortly afterwards the miniature giant Otto Lilientha...

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