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Reading Level: 8-9 • Interest Level: 9-12

Freak City

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Author: Kathrin Schrocke
Specs: 5 1/4” x 8” • 184 pp • About the Author
HC ed.: 978-1-62324-005-9 • $39.27 | $29.45
eBook: 978-1-62324-016-5 • $39.27 | $29.45
Pbk. ed.: 978-1-62324-006-6 • $13.88 | $11.80
Mika's heart is broken, until he sees Leah. A smart, beautiful, and brave girl, Leah has been deaf since birth. When Mika meets her for the first time, he feels something electric. They cannot communicate much, so Mika decides to take a sign language course. His family and friends are skeptical, and Mika soon grows weary, too. The world of deaf people is so much different than his own. Can their two worlds intersect? There is also Sandra, Mika’s ex-girlfriend, who he cannot seem to get over. But Mika cannot shake that Leah has captured his heart. . . . Author Kathrin Schrocke tells the story of two teens and their tender, quirky, and extraordinary love.
“This is a contemporary love story...Some of the dialogue and references may be unfamiliar to American readers, but that does not take away from this delightful story.” —Library Media Connection
“Readers are left knowing that the strains of understanding between two cultures are complicated but not insurmountable.” —School Library Journal

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About the Author:
Kathrin Schrocke was born in 1975 in Augsburg, Germany. She studied German and psychology in Bamberg. Schrocke has received numerous prizes and nominations for her work, including the Nettetaler Youth Book Prize (2010), and the nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize (2011) and the Hansjörg-Martin Prize for the best German Youth Thriller (2010). She lives in Berlin and is the author of numerous stories and plays, as well as novels for children and young adults.