by Jerry Spinelli · Tapa dura · ISBN 9783866151420
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«Taubenjagd» is the young-adult novel by Jerry Spinelli, published by Süddeutsche Zeitung junge Bibliothek in hardback (179 pages, in German).
Ten-year-old Palmer hides the fact that he keeps a pigeon as a pet in Waymer, a small American town where pigeons are raised to be shot during the «Taubentag», the local annual festival. When he reaches the age to take part in that rite, Palmer, who detests violence, fears becoming an outcast. His friendship with Dorothy will help him decide.
Volume 41 of the Süddeutsche Zeitung junge Bibliothek collection. German translation by Andreas Steinhöfel; the original, «Wringer», was published in 1997.
For young readers and teenage audiences: a realistic novel about peer pressure, friendship and the search for one's own identity.
Jerry Spinelli is an American writer of children's novels that feature adolescence and early adulthood. His novels include Maniac Magee, Stargirl, and Wringer.
