Matchbox

He was called a small man, and he slept in a matchbox. Although, of course, he had a quite ordinary human name: Max Pigelsteiner, or just Maksik. No one would have known about him, but what is there - no one would have seen him! “But the case brought him to the circus of Mr. Thunderstorm and made a partner of the great magician Yokus von Kostus.” A joint number turned Yokus and Maksik into real stars. However, soon this story took an unexpected and, one might say, detective turnover.
The book "Boy from the matchbox" (1963) has long become a classic in Germany. For half a century it has been re -read by more and more generations of children. It"s all about her unique intonation and humor. And the plot is twisted so that it seems that at that time there was not a single boring day: circus artists came up with more fantastic shows, newspapers proclaimed a sensation for sensation, gangsters weaved sophisticated intrigues to the joy of brave detectives.
German author Erich Kestner (1899-1974) already at a young age gained popularity not only in his homeland, but throughout Europe. Few people also managed to write in a timely manner, including for children, in the stormy era of the 1920s. A subtly feeling writer could not help but criticize the current regime - so his books were among the destroyed by the Third Reich. Only after the war, Erich Kestner began to publish again. In his works for children, he carefully avoids any edification, but at the same time knows how to speak the same language with children. Perhaps this is precisely why the writer was awarded in 1960 by the gold medal of the Hans Prize Christian Andersen. The long -awaited reprint of the "boy in the matchbox" is released! The book in the classic translation of Konstantin Bogatyrev, with exquisite illustrations of Maria Kuznetsova will be a wonderful gift for the young reader.
For secondary school age