Frauke Scheunemann
Winston – A Cat on a Secret Mission (Vol. 1)
Winston, Volume 1
12+,
15/08/2013
240 Pages, 15.3 x 21.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-7855-7780-6
Hardcover
14,95 € (D)
15,40 € (A)
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Series: Chinese (simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Turkish, Ukrainian
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A Secret Mission
• More than 150.000 copies sold!
• By the best-selling author of a million books, Frauke Scheunemann!
• Written in an exciting thriller style
• Winston shares teenager Kira's everyday life
• Two detectives solve gripping crime cases
• Teenage life narrated from the perspective of a cat
My name is Winston. Winston Churchill.
I am an exceptionally well-bred and valuable cat. Well, to put it more precisely, I used to be a well-bred cat, but ever since being struck by lightning, I have unfortunately been trapped inside the body of a 12 year-old girl called Kira.
That sounds crazy, doesn’t it? I think so too. However, it just gets crazier:
That’s because we can read each other’s thoughts! So, I can read Kira’s and she mine. I tell you, it’s horrible knowing everything that girl is thinking! IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE ONE’S FUR STAND ON END! Well, it would if I only had some.
Now, you are bound to want to ask how it could possibly have happened... I HAVE NO IDEA! What’s more, I couldn’t care less. I only want to know how to get out of this mess???
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Frauke Scheunemann
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Frauke Scheunemann was born in 1969 in Düsseldorf, and qualified as a lawyer. She started by working on a placement with the North German Radio, and ended up as a journalist and press spokesperson. Since 2002 she has been a freelance author and writes very successful novels with her sister Wiebke ...
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Press reviews for the series:
“Frauke Scheunemann tells an entertaining cat crime story of a special kind and addresses problems such as bullying and otherness, friendship and the longing for belonging.” Augsburger Allgemeine
“Frauke Scheunemann tells a fast-paced, funny and surprising story that is great fun.” Renate Pinzke, Hamburger Morgenpost
“The original body-swap story thematises real issues experienced by children. The cat’s perspective offers a completely new and unexpected angle." German Foundation for Reading
“The short insight into the life of Winston cries out for a sequel and mesmerises young as well as old.” kriminetz.de
“A beastly good sleuth.” Freundin
“A thrilling and more than readable crime story.” Jana Mikota, alliteratus.com
“A hilarious detective story full of adventure.“ Girl
„Bestselling-author Frauke Scheunemann rocks it off.“ Eltern family
“There simply needs to be more of Winston.” Nina Daebel, Münchner Merkur
“Humorous reading fun not only for cat lovers!” KiRaKa
“Very funny!“ Focus Special: The Best Books of 2013
“An exciting story from a cat’s perspective." Geolino extra
“Girls – and boys – aged 10+ will be thrilled.” Börsenblatt spezial
“[…] impresses with a lot of wit, excitement and the delightsome thoughts of the cat.” Renate Pinzke, Hamburger Morgenpost
“Cool crime story." bella
“Real reading fun!“ Jana Mikota, alliteratus.com
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