Wolf

Wolf

By Saša Stanišić

Trees, mosquitoes, log cabins: a vacation camp deep in the forest - and two schoolmates, both outsiders, are right in the middle of it. One of them involuntarily. Adventures in the forest are pretty much the last thing Kemi can look forward to. Nature, ticks and, above all, other children everywhere. But his mother has signed him up for the "Forest Adventure, Human Adventure" anyway, because Grandma is doing a painting course in Malente and she can't get time off work herself.

Jörg, on the other hand, is looking forward to spending time in the fresh air. But he is hit hard. Already oppressed at school by a group of mean classmates, things get worse and worse at the vacation camp under the watchful eye of the counselors. He is put under pressure, humiliated, bullied and made even more "different" than he already is. Can Kemi summon up the courage to stand by Jörg? When the situation threatens to escalate completely, a wolf turns up.

In his first children's novel "Wolf", German-Bosnian bestselling author Saša Stanišić tells a story about friendship and fear, empathy and bullying, while at the same time encouraging people to be different.