Der süßeste Bruder der Welt ... und andere Irrtümer

Cover Illustration Der süßeste Bruder der Welt ... und andere Irrtümer
Cover Illustration Der süßeste Bruder der Welt ... und andere Irrtümer
© Elin Lindell / Klett Kinderbuch

Der süßeste Bruder der Welt ... und andere IrrtümerbyElin Lindell

Translation: Katharina Erben

Klett Kinderbuch

Reading Extract (in German)

Danica, known as Dani, is actually quite happy with her single mum; all she knows about her dad is his donor code. The only thing missing from her happiness is a little sibling. Getting on her nerves doesn’t help, nor do statistical arguments; distracting her, threatening her, bribing her … none of it seems to work … But then one day, suddenly, the news arrives: ‘You’re getting a sibling, Dani!’ But where on earth will he come from? Björn, Dani’s mother’s new husband, brings Joschi – a spotty, greasy-haired, pubescent goth – into the family. And yet she had hoped for a very different kind of brother. In her captivating comic, the multi-award-winning Swedish journalist and children’s author Elin Lindell tells the story – with plenty of offbeat humour and a natural ease – of a perfectly ordinary blended family, of origins, friendship and togetherness, of embarrassing yoga sessions and dating apps, of how to mess up a parent-teacher meeting, and of how, in the end, you become a sister after all.