Why we took the car

Description:

Mike Klingenberg is a troubled fourteen-year-old from a dysfunctional family in Berlin who thinks of himself as boring, so when a Russian juvenile delinquent called Tschick begins to pay attention to him and include Mike in his criminal activities, he is excited--until those activities lead to disaster on the autobahn. Mike, a troubled 14-year-old from a dysfunctional family in Berlin, finds friendship when a Russian juvenile delinquent called Tschick begins to pay attention to and include Mike in his criminal activities. The plot contains profanity and violence.

subjects: Immigrants,  Fiction,  Russians,  Automobile theft,  Juvenile delinquents,  Self-esteem,  Friendship,  Abenteuer,  Erste Liebe,  Erwachsenwerden,  Freundschaft,  Irrfahrt,  Kriminelle Karriere,  Männliche Jugend,  Russischer Einwanderer,  Children's fiction,  Emigration and immigration, fiction,  Berlin (germany), fiction,  Self-esteem, fiction,  Friendship, fiction,  Juvenile delinquency, fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Juvenile delinquency,  Jongerenliteratuur

Places: Germany,  Berlin,  Berlin (Germany),  Berlin-Hellersdorf