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Cover, Mädchen mit schwarzen Locken, blauer Mütze und rotem Tuch steht auf einer Straße, im Hintergrund sieht man andere Kinder, einen Hund und einen Trabi
Cover, Mädchen mit schwarzen Locken, blauer Mütze und rotem Tuch steht auf einer Straße, im Hintergrund sieht man andere Kinder, einen Hund und einen Trabi
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A Necktie Full of Lies

An authentic tale about a childhood in East Germany.
GDR, 1984. Once again, 12-year-old Sanne has to move with her unconventional mother and younger brother. Their newest destination: East Berlin, but since they don’t have a flat, Sanne’s mum just found them one to squat in. Not the best premise for fitting right in at school – and to make matters worse, her mum still won’t allow her to join the Pioneers and Sanne hates being the odd one out again. So in order to make her life a little easier, Sanne decides to lie. But how long can she keep this up without being found out? And can a proper friendship be built on a web of lies? Just when Sanne feels like she’s finally figured everything out, her mother thinks about moving again. Can Sanne prevent that from happening?
Category:
Children's
Type:
Hardcover
Illustrations:
black and white
Recommended Age:
10+
Pages:
192
Publication Date:
Dimensions:
15,3 x 21,5 cm
ISBN:
978-3-7348-4108-8

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Author

Annette Herzog was born in 1960 near Potsdam. She studied English and Danish and worked as a translator for a long time. Since 2000, she’s a full-time author of Danish and German children’s and YA novels, amongst other the multiple award-winning graphic novel Pssst!. She lives in Copenhagen, likes to travel, and has four grown children.


Illustrator

Maja Bohn, born in Rostock, trained as a bookseller after abandoning a dance apprenticeship. Afterwards, she worked in publishing in Berlin for several years. In the middle of the 90s, she studied at the Weißensee Academy of Art. Since graduation, she has worked as a freelance illustrator and author of children’s and school books in Germany and abroad.,Maja Bohn, born in Rostock, completed a bookseller's apprenticeship after dropping out of dance training and then worked in publishing in Berlin for several years. In the mid-nineties, she began her studies at the Berlin Weißensee School of Art. Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance illustrator and author in the children's and school book sector for Germany and abroad