YOUNG ADULTS

SPRING

2013 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE

DISCOVERY

ARENA PUBLISHING Arena Publishing was founded in 1949 and is today one of the most important publishers of books for children and young adults in Germany. We publish a broad range of titles in our fiction and non-fiction lists; our programme includes titles for all age groups – from toddlers up to young adults. Arena was the first German childrenʼs book publisher to start a paperback programme in 1958. Books from Arena already won numerous awards and are translated into many languages. We are also honored to be the German home of internationally well-known authors like Cassandra Clare, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, Tove Jansson, Jo Nesbø, Unni Lindell or Neil Gaiman.

WELCOME TO OUR YOUNG ADULTS CATALOGUE! THE MAZE AWAKENS is an entertaining mystery thriller opener about 7 teenagers trapped in a deadly labyrinth. The second volume of the trilogy will be published

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in autumn 2013. SHATTERED MIRROR is the sequel to MIRROR CHILD, the dystopian YA debut of Alina Bronsky. The protagonist Juli learns more about her family, her abilities and why the Normality deserves to fall apart. DANGEROUS THOUGHTS has it all: suspense, romance, an inexorable heroine and an ending that asks for more! The second volume of this chicklit thriller trilogy will be published this autumn. Katja Henkel starts a new series called TIMES OF MAGIC. Three girls become friends and find out that they start to have magic abilities once they turn 13. Trouble ahead! And a lot of reading fun as well. 3:30 AM IN MY PYJAMAS is a romantic social media novel written by our entertainment power houses Gabriella Engelmann and Jakob M. Leonhardt. Keep the tissues ready; laughter and tears are just a page away. Please enjoy browsing the next pages! We look forward to hearing from you at any time. With all best wishes

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Age: 12+ • 328 pages • € 14.95 • Pub. date: 2007 978-3-401-50386-8 Rights sold to: BG, CZ, ES, IT, LT, PL, RU, SI

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ISOLA On a lonely island just beyond Rio de Janeiro, twelve teenagers stumble upon each other,

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twelve who could not be more different from

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one another. Abediʼs natural images suggesting

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a paradise stand in stark contrast to the emotional

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world of the characters, who react in their most

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extreme form to the claustrophobic closeness

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of the scene. A masterpiece of a psychological

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suspense novel and a reading experience from

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which no one can withdraw.

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AN EXTRA CLASSY THRILLER You have never read Rainer Wekwerth like this! The author of successful fantasy novels has written an extra classy mystery thriller: multi-dimensional characters, unique locations and a deep emotional entanglement in the plot are guaranteed. No one has ever studied and mixed the trendy topics and genres, such as dystopia, romantasy and mystery, as well and intelligently as Rainer Wekwerth does in this novel.

Rainer wekwerth All Age 400 pages 14.8 x 21.0 cm € 15.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06788-9 Rights: available worldwide

• In this launch of his mystery trilogy Rainer Wekwerth has realized an absolutely gripping concept into words and action. • Psychological thriller, love story, mystery novel, tragedy and a story of personal growth ‒ the characters pass through all these levels.

THE MAZE AWAKENS There are 7 youngsters but only 6 gates lead to freedom. And the maze they are caught in is intelligent. It is evil. They do not know who they used to be. But the maze knows them. It hunts them down. There is only one message: They have seventy-two hours to reach the next gate – or they will die. A deadly fight over the gates ensues – but they are not alone there.

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"AS SOON AS YOU HAVE READ THE FIRST PAGES, YOU FALL IN LOVE" (nDR ABouT miRRoR chilD) In Shattered Mirror Alina Bronsky uses a harsher voice. The conditions have worsened. Here the author writes from the merciless perspective of Broken Glass Park when the world around Juli is burning and there are hardly any perspectives of being saved. Highly topical, disturbing, incredibly thrilling – those are the key words that come to mind after finishing the book. A gripping story that is bound to polarize by being so relentless. In any case it is more food for thought than any other book.

Alina Bronsky 12+ / All Age 304 pages 14.8 x 21.0 cm € 14.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06799-5 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, IT, RU

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SHATTERED MIRROR They say the woods are off limits They fear that they will come closer and closer Yet you do anything to get inside They call themselves the pack and do not trust each other. Yet Juli is glad of having been taken in at all by the ragged characters who live on the edge of the society of normality. Since she has been denied access to the world of the Phairies, she has become homeless. And what is worse: Within normality she is being hunted as being the last Phairy alive and a dangerous murderess. Juli desperately tries to restore the bridges to her former life. But mirror child 302 pages Pub. date: January 2012 978-3-401-06798-8 Rights of the series sold to: CZ, IT, RU, CZ

soon she must face the fact that her former friends have turned on her and that betrayal is not unusual in the new world...

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NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE AND AMUSING ENTERTAINMENT Curtains up for the battle of the bitches and loads of spine-tingling suspense in this unique and hilarious chicklit thriller series! Hanna Dietz mixes two popular genres in a completely new way: Guaranteed to make your heart race and your skin crawl. This is the greatest reading fun since there have been thrillers for girls!

hanna Dietz Age: 12+ 320 pages 13.7 x 21.5 cm € 12.99 Pub.date: January 2013 978-3-401-06829-9 Rights: available worldwide

DANGEROUS THOUGHTS. TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE A new school (an elite high school for girls), a new bodyguard (sexy but nerdy) and still not the perfect hairstyle. Actually Natascha used to think that those were her biggest problems. Wrong! Her new school is crawling with bitchy chicks, and to top it all, she stumbles over a corpse in the biology lab. Of course Natascha cannot keep her hands off this intriguing matter; she has no idea that she is sticking her nose into a very dangerous business indeed.

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To turn thirteen can be magic. Or create total havoc. Both happens to Luna – with unforeseen effects. With that incredibly funny style and those comical situations typical for her, Katja Henkel has created – TIMES OF MAGIC, a series for girls that bubbles over with imagination, fresh girls and magic chaos!

Katja henkel 11+ 280 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06501-4 Rights: Available worldwide

TIMES OF MAGIC. SUDDENLY BEWITCHED Luna likes to rap and kiss Tom and she is almost Suseʼs blood-sister. Yet her 13th birthday puts everything upside down. First Tom starts to play cool, and then Luna can suddenly look into the future – a magically chaotic time starts! When mysterious Marli appears, Lunaʼs life is turning even more into a rollercoaster, until suddenly a lot more than her friendship with Suse is at stake.

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FINALLY A TEENY ‒ SUDDENLY MAGIC POWERS!

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A ♥ MESSAGE FOR YOU! It is nothing but a chance meeting in Facebook. Yet it quickly turns into more for Ben and Lulu – into a highly unusual love story. No one could have done it better than Gabriella Engelmann whose modern fairy tales have already enchanted so many readers, in collaboration with Jacob M. Leonhardt, who has a funny and extraordinary writing style that is not met by any other writer. This is where romance meets humour. This is where Lulu meets Ben!

gabriella engelmann / Jakob m. leonhardt 12+ 224 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06793-3 Rights: available worldwide

3:30 A.M. IN MY PYJAMAS In Facebook Lulu searches for this guy named Ben whom she has just met at a party. She finds … another guy with whom she starts to chat every day. They tell each other things they usually would not reveal to anyone. Things that usually remain untold. And all of a sudden they start to have feelings for this stranger whom they actually do not know at all.

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MOVIE EDITION

NOW THE BESTSELLER HITS THE MOVIE THEATERS! Here is the special film edition including numerous photos of the set and the making of the movie for all fans who can hardly wait for the movie launch in March of 2013. Kerstin Gier addresses her readers in a prologue and takes the occasion to present them with an extra scene that has never yet been published. Kerstin gier All Age 368 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm Romance/Fantasy/Comedy € 17.99 Pub. date: December 2012 978-3-401-06871-8 Rights sold to: BG, BR, CN, CZ, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, ID, IT, JP, KR, LT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RU, SE, TH, TR, TW, US, VN

• Starting the movie launch of Rubinrot

RUBY RED. FILM EDITION Sometimes it is really hard to live in a family that has so many secrets. At least that is how 16-year-old Gwendolyn feels. Until the day she finds herself in London at the turn of the last century. It does not take her long to realize that she herself is her familyʼs biggest secret and that it is not advisable to fall in love in between different eras!

(Ruby Red) at Easter of 2013 • The bestseller by Kerstin Gier with exclusive movie stills!

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ulrike Köbele All Age 144 pages 27.4 x 21.4 cm € 12.99 Pub. date. March 2013 978-3-401-06874-9 Rights: available worldwide

You want to know if Maria Ehrich liked to wear a dress from the 18th Century? Or what the leading actors found to be the most difficult scene, on what locations the film was made and what Jannis Niewöhner thought about being selected for the part of Gideon? Here you will find out all the hot details and see exclusive scenes off-stage and in front of the camera.

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WHO IS ALISON? AND WHY IS SHE ABOUT TO DIE? THRILLER

An inexplicable message on the internet. Is it a murder threat or a cry for help? Who is Alison? Is she really the girl who disappeared in the woods years ago? Why is she supposed to die this Sunday – after all those years? The debut writer Katja Klimm depicts a race against time in this breathlessly fast-paced thriller.

Katja Klimm All Age 288 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06824-4 Rights: available worldwide

ALISON WILL DIE NEXT SUNDAY Alison Will Die Next Sunday. This message keeps popping up in numerous forums on the internet as if somebody was depositing bread crumbs that lead to the house of the witch. Lys must follow them even though her friends, Sibel and Sebastian, are telling her that to do so is insane. But she is the only one who knows that this is not the first time someone had to die because nobody would take a murder threat seriously.

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The collection Arena All Age Thrillers (therefore Triple A) celebrates its debut this spring. Aimed at older readers, the thick volumes offer top-notch suspense. This new segment started off with three powerful titles by our most successful thriller writers: the previous novels by Beatrix Gurian, Susanne Mischke and Manuela Martini have become absolute bestsellers.

inge löhnig Age: 14+ 384 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm Brochure € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06762-9 Rights: available worldwide

YOUR EYES SO COLD (VOL. 4) The position as a trainee in Munich was Louʼs big dream. Then it turned into a nightmare: the other trainee is a major bitch, and Louʼs boss is a grabber. Yet Lou refuses to throw the towel even after she has received a scary e-mail: Iʼm always near you. More and more Lou gets the feeling that somebody is watching her but the police does not take her concern seriously. Until the day Lou disappears.

THE SWEET KISS OF LIES (VOL. 5) Luʼs beloved niece, Ida, has disappeared without a trace from the playground when she was distracted

Beatrix gurian Age: 14+ 384 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm Brochure € 12.99 Pub. date. January 2013 978-3-401-06712-4 Rights: available worldwide

for a moment. In panic Lu calls her boyfriend, Diego, who works for the police – and finds herself in the worst of nightmares. Because the man she gave her heart to is not the man Lu thought him to be. She has only 24 hours to decide between lies and truth, 24 hours of risking her own life. Otherwise Ida will die.

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THRILLER

PAGES AND PAGES OF MURDEROUS SUSPENSE

ARENA THRILLERS ‒ BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE THRILLER

Psychological depth, cunning plots and breathless excitement make the new thrillers by Tamina Berger, Bettina Broemme, and Zara Kavka spine-tingling reads. The successful writers provide sound entertainment on a sophisticated level. Chills to the very last page, fast-paced plots, unique characters: gripping stories that will go under your skin. Top crime novels!

Bettina Brömme Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06841-1 Rights: available worldwide

nora miedler Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06838-1 Rights: available worldwide

Juliane Breinl Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06875-6 Rights: available worldwide

FROZEN HEART

LIESʼ PRINCESS

PEARLY DEATH

Anne is not like any other girl. She lives

Mia is in love. With David. She longs

Senta has good reason to be scared

in seclusion with her dad who moni-

for the day he will return her feelings.

in her new hometown, Hartingen. A

tors every move she makes. But then

So the joint project week in the

female teacher has been murdered, a

she meets cool Cornelius and with his

mountains is just perfect. When she

co-student is missing and Senta finds

support she finally dares to stand up

and her friends wake up the first day

a strange diary in the dark shack next

for her rights. What she does not know

there with the word BITCH written

to her house. When she starts getting

is that her father is tormented by a

on their foreheads, they still think it

threats, it is almost too late.

horrible family secret. And that there

is only a silly joke. Until other attacks

is somebody out there who wonʼt shy

and a mysterious accident follow

away from murder to keep the secret

and the love trip suddenly turns into

from ever being uncovered.

a horror trip.

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HERE COMES THE GRAND FINALE!

Krystyna Kuhn Age: 12+ • 264 pages 13.5 x 20.5 cm • Brochure Pub. date: April 2013 € 9.99 978-3-401-06633-1 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, EE, ES (Castilian), F, German Audio Book Rights, HU, IT, KOR, NL, PL, SL, TR, UK (English worldwide)

THRILLER

Grace College, a famous elite school for gifted children, is tucked away in the heart of the Canadian woods. Yet strange things happen in the secluded valley: Why canʼt the place be found on Google Earth? What happened to the group of teens who disappeared in the mountains in the mid-1970s? When Julia and her clique start their first year in college, they know nothing about the mystery yet. But soon they will learn that in this valley nothing is what it seems. And that they are here not just by accident.

THE VALLEY. SEASON 2. THE HUNT (VOL. 3) It is the night between the 10th and the 11th of November. In the evening the group of friends, David, Rose, Julia, Katie and Robert, receives a message containing a riddle that seems impossible to solve. While they are feverishly looking for the answer in the basement of the college, the mysteries of the past suddenly appear in a totally different light. The valley is clearly challenging them. And if they make a mistake or err, one of them wonʼt survive the night.

THE VALLEY. SEASON 2. THE DECISION (VOL. 4) The Valley – the grand finale. A mystery that is larger than life. Heroes and heroines who will do anything to keep it. And an incredible heritage only one person can bear. Volume 8 in Krystyna Kuhnʼs cult mystery series

Krystyna Kuhn Age: 12+ • 264 pages 13.5 x 20.5 cm • Brochure Pub. date: July 2013 € 9.99 978-3-401-06728-5 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, EE, ES (Castilian), F, German Audio Book Rights, HU, IT, KOR, NL, PL, SL, TR, UK (English worldwide)

that ties all loose ends! So whom can you trust in the end? What is the explanation for the mysterious events that have kept the whole college breathless in the past years? And who is the guardian of all secrets? A serial

FINALE

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finale that truly lives up to The Valley. Because there is no escape!

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TOUGH STUFF ‒ ANECDOTES FROM A LOSER FICTION

Grin and double grin! Lifeʼs great if you happen to be Felix Rohrbach and have just shown the whole world that you are not a loser but an ingenious genius. So what else could you do but continue that success from the last book programme with a second volume? Unfortunately it will reveal that Felix just cannot help but stumble from one disaster into the next one.

Jakob m. leonhardt Frédéric Bertrand Age: 11+ 192 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm Brochure € 9.99

Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06861-9 Rights: available worldwide

THE POWER LIES IN DOING NOTHING. A CHAOTIC GENIUS DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE BLUE (VOL. 2) Felix is a hero, a genius in the field of drawing and graffiti spraying. The girls cast him admiring glances yet somehow everything keeps going wrong anyway. That is because Felix is still a no-sports kind of guy and a hopeless case in the beauty department. He neither knows how to stand up to the infamous fight club nor how to impress cute Nina. Sigh and double sigh!

Jakob m. leonhardt Frédéric Bertrand Barely missed is still missed. A chaotic genius Tells All (Vol. 1) Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-06641-7 Rights: available Worldwide

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FOR GIRLS

THE GIRLSʼ NOVEL FOR BREAK TIMES • Four cute girlsʼ novels in a small pocket format • Four great successful German authors, four unique stories about friendship among girls

margot Berger Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50460-5 Rights: available worldwide

stefanie Dörr Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50458-2 Rights: available worldwide

ilona einwohlt Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50457-5 Rights: available worldwide

Alice pantermüller Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401- 50459-9 Rights: available worldwide

NO SCHOOL BUT A PONY AND A BEST FRIEND

LILLY IS LOOKING FOR A SUPER FRIEND

A FRIEND IS STILL BETTER THAN NO SISTER AT ALL

THE BATTLE OF THE BITCHES OR HOW I SUDDENLY HAD TWO BEST FRIENDS

Too hot for school! Thank

Terri simply cannot believe it.

Maxi worried that it would

Whatʼs better than a best

God, Leo and Ammi think.

The leader of her clique has

get pretty chaotic when

friend? Two best friends? Not

Spontaneously they get on

asked for a friendship loyalty

Dadʼs new girlfriend and her

necessarily! At least not for

a streetcar and ride all around

test. And that friendship test

daughter, Isabelle, moved in

Alva. Since Tinatin has moved

Berlin. Suddenly they discover

is a tough one: Terri has to

with them. And how right

into her neighbourhood,

a homeless person with a

tell a secret, make do without

she was: Isabelleʼs dog keeps

Alvaʼs best friend, Lea, is

pony that is totally dehydrated.

something that is very dear

chasing Maxiʼs cat; Isabelle

acting like a total jerk. She is

They immediately decide

to her and pass an awfully

cannot eat organic muesli

constantly making fun of the

that the animal must be

embarrassing courage test.

for breakfast, and soon Maxi

new girl on the block with

saved. And before they know

Yet all of a sudden Terri is

feels like a stranger in her

her dreadlock brother and

it, Leo and Ammi are in the

offered help – now the contest

own home. But when the two

her bright clothes. It is true

middle of an adventure full

should be as easy as pie,

girls get to know each other

that Tinatin does have some

of dares, disputes and true

shouldnʼt it?

better, they soon find out:

funny ideas but somehow

A girlfriend is still better than

Alva likes her just for that.

no sister at all!

When Lea sets up a trap for

friendship.

Tinatin, Alva realizes who is her true friend.

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FOR GIRLS

"COOL, RELAXED AND ENTERTAINING DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE" (sTiFTung lesen) The second song of the POPcorns is about friendship. Because after Motte, Lou, Billie and Rosa have found each other, nothing can separate them any more – neither boys nor the sad discovery Motte makes in her family. Charming, profound, entertaining: A novel girls age 10 and up can really relate to.

stefanie Taschinski Age: 10+ 224 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm HC € 12.99

Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06687-5 Rights: available worldwide

THE POPCORNS (VOL. 2) FIREWORKS FOR MOTTE Holidays are coming closer and the four Popcorns are dreaming of six weeks full of band rehearsals, new songs and gigs. But then schoolʼs janitor foils their plans. Meanwhile Motte cares about another problem: Her father is less often at home and her mother is terrifying permissive. And even calm Rosa keeps a secret: she fell in love for the first time!

stefanie Taschinski The popcorns (Vol. 1) A song for lou Age: 10+ 224 pages 14 x 21 cm • HC € 12.99 Pub. date: February 2012 978-3-401-06686-8 Rights: German Audio Book Rights sold

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ilona einwohlt Age: 11+ 200 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06867-1 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, FR, IT

FOR GIRLS

BOOKS ABOUT ISSUES THAT CONCERN EVERY GIRL HEARTBURNTIMES AND I Sina has butterflies in her stomach whenever she thinks of Yannis; Jolina and Malte are doing some serious flirting, and Kleo cannot get the kiss out of her mind – it was from Sinaʼs Yannis of all people! Tears and heartache are sure to follow. But what if jealousy and rage are getting overwhelming? And how do you survive a break-up? The best remedies are Sinaʼs tips and the anti-lovesickness affirmation.

GOLDEN GIRL_ONLINE. INTERNET FEVER ‒ WHAT NOW? (VOL. 2) Jenny is rich, extremely gifted and extremely unhappy because life as a child from a wealthy family can be pretty tough. There is no room for friends. Jenny finally resorts to chatrooms because only there she can feel free. Until a nasty surprise awaits her on the

ilona einwohlt Age: 11+ 176 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm Hardcover € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06684-4 Rights: available worldwide

net. When she slowly starts to wake up from the digital world, it is almost too late.

ilona einwohlt lucy without Jana stress with Your Best Friend ‒ what now? (Vol. 1) Age: 11+ • 176 pages 13,7 x 20,5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-06666-0 Rights: available worldwide

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The My Life series brings issues out in the open no one likes to talk about – but that must never be forgotten. In this memoir five juveniles from Winnenden ( a town in Southern Germany) have their say, talking about the horrible event of the shooting rampage at the Albertville Middle School. A sensitive documentation that is also a courageous and urgent plea against violence.

Daniel oliver Bachmann All Age 160 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06756-8 Rights: available worldwide

THE STUDENTS OF WINNENDEN. OUR LIFE AFTER THE SHOOTING Winnenden. This town near Stuttgart will always be linked to March 11th, 2009, the day of the shooting rampage. Six eye witnesses attempt to talk about the event that will always remain inconceivable and incomprehensible. For the first time five teens and a teacher describe how they experienced the day of the shooting rampage and how they go on living with their memories.

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MEMOIR

HOW DO YOU LIVE AFTER A SHOOTING RAMPAGE?

PAPERBACKS

PAPERBACK JEWELS

Federica de cesco Age: 12+ • 224 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 4.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50466-7 Rights of the series: sold to TR

Federica de cesco All Age • 144 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50467-4 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, BE

Federica de cesco All Age • 208 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50468-1 Rights of the series: sold to BE

Federica de cesco All Age • 256 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50469-8 Rights of the series: sold to BE

SOLAL THE FIRE HORSE

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 1) THE RED SILK SCARF

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 2) THE TURQOUISE BIRD

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 3) THE SUNRAY

The people of Leonieʼs village

Young Ann Morrison feels like

The time Ann Morrison spent

Ann and Chee have found a

despise her because her

a bird in a cage at her Aunt

with the Native Americans

new home on a horse ranch.

great grandmother, a skilled

Adeleʼs house. Then, during a

is simply unforgettable. Now

One day when a strange, wild

healer, had been persecuted

train ride through Arizona

Ann has to learn etiquette

stallion appears there, Ann

as a witch. Yet Leonie herself

an unexpected opportunity

for young ladies – unbearable

decides to name him "Sunray"

apparently didnʼt inherit any

for her to break out of that

in comparison! When

because of his colour. The

healing powers from her

cage arises: When a stranger

negotiations with Chief Cochise

wild animal runs off with a

female ancestors. As Leonie

leaves her silk scarf behind

are arranged – a scheme

mare from their herd and

desperately tries to determine

while leaving the cabin Ann

that shall lure the Native

when Ann and Chee take off

her own destiny, she stumbles

spontaneously decides

Americans into a trap – the

to find the two horses, they

across a hidden cave and a

to follow her – and the train

impulsive girl runs away again

come into conflict with Chief

mysterious horse one day ...

goes on without her! Anne

once more. She begins an

Nochalo. All of a sudden, they

dives into a fully new, exciting

adventurous attempt to free

find themselves in the area

world. Due to some

her Native American friends

of conflict between enemy

adventurous complications

and earns the recognition

tribes on the one hand and

she soon meets Chee who is

of the Chief who gives her a

Native Americans and Whites

half Native American.

necklace with a turquoise bird

on the other.

as a sign of his thankfulness. Delighted over regaining her freedom Ann takes off to find her beloved Chee.

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