Big black bird

Once, mother told Ben that death is like a wave of a wing of a large black bird, the shadow of which for a moment falls on the one who accidentally finds himself right under it, and for a few moments on those who surround it at that moment. Maybe she already felt the proximity of this wing?

Waking up with one sunny October day, Ben and his younger brother Karl discover that their mother is dead. Her heart suddenly stopped, and with him the life of the family. The boys and their father, each in their own way, are experiencing a difficult loss. Over the next seven days, they have to go through many tests, the main thing is to accept the death of a loved one.

IBBY Honorary List (International Council for Children"s Book) in 2020
The owner of the literary grant Kranystein (2019)
The nominee of the German prize in the field of children"s literature (2019)

For secondary school age