Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's/YA)
Not The Ideal Picture Book Girl
by Agnes Ofner
Description
Across the street from Zara’s lives Sam. She can see exactly into his room. Sam often cries, and that worries Zara so much that she thinks about how she could help. With "Hello I'm Zara" on three slips of paper in the window, a cautious contact begins across the street. The two of them get to know each other better via their messages, but Sam quickly realizes that he needs distance and does not want to meet Zara. She has other things to do anyway: she wants to get Josef’s heart, and with Miriam, her best friend, it is just difficult. Sam lives a secluded life, because he does not feel at home in his body – which is a girl's body and this becomes more visible with each passing day. In the end, Zara almost kills her first boyfriend with peanuts and ends up in the hospital where Sam and his parents are waiting for a medical consultation. And then, while still nothing is easy, Zara slowly understands what Sam's problem is.
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7 Best Books for Young Readers
Austrian Children's and Youth Literature Award
Author Biography
Agnes Ofner was born in Styria in 1989. She graduated from high school in Graz and then studied Finnish and Dutch language and literature in Vienna. She completed an apprenticeship as a graphic designer. Since she can remember, she has been thinking up stories that she puts down on paper in pictures and words. Today she works as a freelance illustrator and author in Vienna and teaches aerial acrobatics.
Verlag Jungbrunnen
Verlag Jungbrunnen was founded in 1923. Background was the intention to supply children who otherwise didn’t have access to books with high quality literature. Even though almost 100 years have gone by since then, the aim is still the same: Jungbrunnen produces quality picture books and novels for children and young adults from 2 to 14. Literary style and language, fantasy and craftsmanship in illustrations, universal topics which touch the souls of young people – all those elements unite to extraordinary books, which are entertaining and demanding at the same time. Young people can feel at home in them and have a chance to deal with existential questions in a protected space.
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- Publisher Verlag Jungbrunnen
- Publication Date 2019
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783702659370
- Publication Country or regionAustria
- FormatHardback
- Pages180
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleNicht so das Bilderbuchmädchen
- EditionOriginal edition
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions213 x 143 mm
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