Why We Took the Car (German: Tschick) is a youth novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf first published in German by Rowohlt Verlag in 2010. The English edition, translated by Tim Mohr, was published by Scholastic in 2014. It deals with the unconventional friendship between a 14-year-old middle class boy and a …
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Why We Took the Car (German: Tschick) is a youth novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf first published in German by Rowohlt Verlag in 2010. The English edition, translated by Tim Mohr, was published by Scholastic in 2014. It deals with the unconventional friendship between a 14-year-old middle class boy and a Russian late repatriate youngster. The novel was awarded with the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award) as well as the Clemens-Brentano-Preis in 2011. In 2012, it was also awarded with the Hans Fallada Prize. It was published in over 25 countries and sold over 2 million copies in Germany alone until September 2016.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 10384245
- Goodreads:
- 9397145
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Tschick
254 pages
German language
Published April 12, 2010 by Rowohlt Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-87134-710-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 9397145
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