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Jochen Till
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| Short & Easy: Horrible Holiday |
| Fiese Ferien |
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•Stories of great relevance for young people
•Geared toward reluctant readers or those who have difficulty reading and writing
•Uncomplicated language and sentence structure and logical steps in the story line
•Lots of dialogue keeps the stories flowing
•Many illustrations further comprehension
•Ideal for leisure reading or use with a school group |
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Content: |
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Tobias imagined his holiday very differently. He would have liked to spend it with his girlfriend, Caro, but instead he has to go to the mountains with his father and his new girlfriend, Tamara. So dumb! And what's worse, he can't stand Tamara. She's only 21 and constantly tries to act like she's one of the family. But there Tobias is cold as stone, and this holiday week won't change that one bit. Tobias is in for a surprise, however, because this holiday changes everything. During a dinner together, Tobias's father and Tamara drop a bombshell: Tamara is pregnant. Tobias's world collapses, because until then he had still hoped Tamara would just go away some day. But now she's going to worm her way into the family with a kid! For Tobias that means one thing: war. He uses every trick in the book to ruin the vacation for the happy couple, and then Tamara, of all people, rescues him from a difficult situation. A couple of girls that Tobias meets while snowboarding go on a rampage on the town's nightclub district. The girls are able to get away before the police arrive; the officers only find the completely baffled Tobias, who didn't even take part in the trouble. It's no use - he has to go to the police station. Tamara answers the phone call from the police and picks up Tobias, and she doesn't say a word to his father about the incident. It looks like Tamara might not be so bad, after all. |
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About the Series: |
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The Short & Easy series has a clear concept: Short texts on subjects that interest young people will grab the attention of even reluctant readers and motivate them to keep reading. Language and sentence construction are kept simple, and lots of dialogue keeps the stories flowing. The accompanying drawings and illustrations help readers' comprehension. The stories have a logical flow to them, but rather than having a neat, clean resolution they leave questions open for further reflection and discussion. |
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The Author: |
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Jochen Till, born in 1966, originally wanted to be a rock star. But one day a muse entered his life and he wrote his first novel. In the meantime he devotes his time almost exclusively to writing, in addition to his job in a comic-strip store. |
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