The Sneeze Factory: For real heroes only

Von Pia Schenk

Children's book with beautiful illustrations, created by the outstanding artist Manuel di Chiara.
I am (still!) a kid, and I want to tell you about the week before my 'big day'. I'll tell you all about my home and school, about Mummy, and why Daddy doesn't live with me any more, and how I always have to finish everything on my plate before getting down from table. Why I like Duffi and Mr Hibschenberger so much, and about Chic Julie and smelly-fatso Bernd. What things I love, and others that make no sense at all. Who makes me cross, and who I really miss. And all about my future.
I'm standing outside the classroom door. Sent outside again. I only needed to sneeze. So I'm thinking about this and that. Germs, gurgelzola, dwarf rabbits, energy issues...but more than anything else, I'm thinking about my 'big day'.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: neobooks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30. Nov. 2013
• ISBN: 9783847664086

Buchvorschau

1

This is me and this is my story.

Since yesterday, I‘m allowed to sit at the front of the class. Right in the middle of the first row, in front of everyone. Exactly in front of Miss Duffner, my favourite teacher.

I’m not usually allowed to do anything, so I'm really happy about this. Although, I'm not quite sure about the difference between being allowed to do something and having to. Because normally, no one wants to (has to?) sit in the front row, not even if they’re allowed.

I was quite happy sitting at the back of the class. Then Duffi (my German teacher) said that I should sit there. There, right in front of her. Because I'm byslexic, and that way she can help me more.

She didn't explain what a byslexic is. No one else asked either. Maybe everyone else already knows.

Personally, I have no idea, but I didn't say that in front of the others.

When I got home I looked for it in the dictionary. We don't have Google (don't tell anyone). But I couldn't find anything at all. I think it has something to do with lexic. Maybe I'm some kind of double-lexic; maybe it's something to do with my genes, or maybe I should ask Mum...

...or perhaps I should go straight to Mr Hibschenberger. He's our school scientist and he told us all about DNA. That's got a lot to do with genes.

Grafik 10

It's a really special kind of super-mega-tiny spiral that knows everything about everyone, and everyone's got one. At school we're learning about some really cool things now, and I really liked the stuff about DNA. But I can't find it anywhere. I've tried putting little bits of my skin, saliva and hair under the microscope. Nothing.