David Days, Mona Nights

Andreas Steinhöfel and Anja Tuckermann

Mona and David are young and curious. They have only met once before - a special moment for both of them - but they stay in touch through letters. At first hesitant and self-conscious, the letters soon become more candid until the two are caught in a whirlwind of words. Finally, they must decide whether they dare to meet. Translated from the German, this award-winning novel for young people captures the thrill of words, writing and letters – invoking a feeling that phone calls and email cannot ever match.


Excerpt
Hi there Mona,

How should I start? You’ve caught me a bit off guard. When you said you’d write to me, I thought - she’s never going to do that. She’s just saying it. And what’s this about writing - what’s the phone for? Writing letters is a bit old fashioned isn’t it? Why don’t you just give me your phone number?

I had to write letters to my godmother - she lives somewhere in the south, in the Swabian Alps. I’ve never visited her. She always sent me a book for my birthday and for Christmas. That was okay because my parents would never put out any cash for books - they still don’t. I like to read. But when I used to write my thank you notes to my godmother, I nearly fractured my fingers. I’m not very good at writing about myself. I’m not a good letter writer.

It would be nicer to meet, don’t you think?...Should I just ring your doorbell? Would you be zapped if I did?

Oh man, what a scrawl. And it’s already my seventh try, so I’m just going to send this off - otherwise nothing’s going to come of it. The next one will be better. Promise!

Your David.


Fiction
Softcover
120 pages
ISBN: 978-81-86211-89-2