9 YEARS AND UP
A preview of some of the kids' books in German you can expect.
At 9 years most kids will be fluent readers - so compelling mid grades novel are a great choice. Some will still prefer lighter or also shorter fair and graphic novels, in particular bilingual readers for whom German is their second language.
Luzie moves with her family to an old weird house at the border - everything is strange, the neighbors, her parents behavior, the smells and a key that doesn't fit anything. Suspenseful German fantasy novel.
Anton is not too keen on spending his vacation camping with his grandparents. But things get only worse.. Wonderful award-winning book about overcoming fear and making friends.
After their father's death, Emily and her younger brother move with their mother to her ancestral home in the middle of nowhere. In their first night their the mother gets caught by a monster with tentacles. Captivating graphic novel fantasy series full of drama, suspense and adventure - and beautiful art work. 9 volumes.
Rita lives a blissfull life with her mother in Berlin - until her mother decides to move in with her boyfriend and his 3 sons. Rita is aghast - and sets of on a boat to sail to her dad in Spain. A good sense of humor, great dialogues makes this a perfect German middle grade book
Absurd comics series about a superhero.
Tim loves soccer, though his skills are lacking. That's why he prefers playing soccer computer games. Surprisingly the soccer star he bought on the computer game suddenly is at his doorstep in real life...
The Greek gods have had it: for centuries humans are retelling their tales - they now want to tell what really happened! Entertaining way of learning about the old mythology. (Other volumes on other mythology available).
Erin in Scotland finds a mystical ancient creature and it seems she has ties to it. When a multinational company wants to use the creature for its own purposes, Erin has to flee... Graphic novel series in which children and mystical creatures from all over the world fight a big company.
In the middle of the night Lukas wakes up and sees a gnome like creature with loot get away. Lukas runs after him into the forest behind their house and is caught in a magical forest forbidden to humans.
Matti dreams of spending summer in Finland, the homeland of his taciturn father - and thanks to some clever lies, he achieves this. Unfortunately his parents now are also without a home or a job... Amazingly clever and funny book on lying. Fun for adults and kids.
Peri was a normal girl - until she makes a mistake that propels her to stardom: she becomes the star of the ecological movement. How can she get rid of the attention? This German kids' book will surprise you.
Berlin in the 1980ies. Nora lives right at the Berlin wall, on the western side and dreams of having a pet. Aron is on the Eastern side - and plans to save a guinea pig. Wonderful middle grad novel about daily life in East and West -Berlin.
All about Germany: geography, a bit of history, about its people...
Jack's shows signs of dementia. He lives in his times as a air force pilot during WWII. The family decides it is best to put him in a home - but Jack is convinced this would be his end and is determined to save him.
In a small village not much happens, apart from the little gang of 5 kids who have to prove their courage. But then they actually have to band together to help an old lady... Adventure story about friendship and envy.
Pernilla's mother is expecting a baby - soon they will be a family of 6. And Pernilla and her older brothers plan throughout the summer to make it fun for all.
Jonas and his sister are heading to Italy with their grandad in his old camping bus, while their parents have to work. Unfortunately the bus breaks down almost right away. But their hippy grandpa has the best ideas..
A shy forth grader fights back when her favorite book is taking off the school library shelves by well meaning parents..
It's never easy to keep up with parental expectations, not even if you are the devil's son in hell. To learn to be truly evil, Luzifer junior is sent to earth - where would you learn evil better than there?
A comic novel in the vein of Diary of a Whimpy kid - Tom Gates likes doodling, but not school and thinks his parents are embarrassing..
Kim, Franzi and Marie are on vacation in Vienna, when they discover a dog breeder sells puppies much too young... Time for them to act! More than 100 volumes of the girl detectives Die Drei !!! so far have been published and the topics go with time. Many environmental and animal topics as well as digital ones currently.
Physics are everywhere. Teichmann, a professor of physics, retells in snazzy language experiments by famous physicists and shows every day life instances of physics.