Awards
- Winner of Deutscher Horbuchpreis - Bestes Kinderhorbuch (German Audiobook Prize for Best Children's Audiobook) 2007
- Winner of Deutscher Horbuchpreis - Bestes Kinderhorbuch (German Audiobook Prize for Best Children's Audiobook) 2007.
- Winner of Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis (Oldernburg Children's Book Prize) 2001
- Winner of Oldenburger Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis (Oldernburg Children's Book Prize) 2001.
Overview
Konrad Bantelmann is no expert when it comes to divorce. But his new friend Fridz has plenty of experience. For some time now, Konrad has successfully avoided problems in general and girls in particular, but somehow he plants the idea in Fridz’s mind of seeking revenge on her father’s girlfriend, and is dragged into this red-headed girl’s bold mission. And their secret weapon? An extremely large rabbit.
Full Product Details
Author: Burkhard Spinnen ,
Siobhán Parkinson ,
Annie West
Publisher: Little Island
Imprint: Little Island
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.260kg
ISBN: 9781848409453
ISBN 10: 1848409451
Pages: 223
Publication Date: 05 March 2010
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
A An exceptional novel standing in the tradition of the great European Young Adult Literature, a paramount piece of prose.A Oldenburg Award for Young Adult Literature, The Jury A BELGISCHE RIESEN has everything an audio book needs: It is warm-hearted, entertaining, and exciting - one for the entire family.A German Audio Book Award, The Jury A What impressed me most with this book is how well Burkhard Spinnen succeeds in putting himself into children's souls, especially in those being confronted with their parents separation. I think BELGISCHE RIESEN is magnificent, it's enchanting.A Annette Schavan, minister of culture, in Die Zeit '7best books for Young readers' by Focus/Deutschlandfunk 'Top Ten in Books for Young Adults' by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A A stroke of luck for the German Youth Literature.A Christoph Schmitz, Head of Jury for the German Youth Literature Prize A Even in the field of Young Adult Literature Spinnen continues to be a top author.A Der Tagesspiegel A Written at breakneck speed, imaginative, full of wit and humour.A NDR A The moral of this story is brilliantly hidden behind amusing day-to-day scenes even adults could fancy.A STERN
Author Information
Burkhard Spinnen was born in Germany in 1956 and lives as a writer in Münster. He has received many awards for his work, among them the Oldenburg Award for Young Adult Literature and the German Audio Book Award (for Belgische Riesen, the original German version of The Great Rabbit Revenge Plan). He is very well known in Germany as a writer of books for adults, but the Great Rabbit Revenge Plan is his first children's book. His book for teenagers, Müller hoch drei, has not yet been translated into English.
