Verflixt - ein Nix

Nix #1

by Kirsten Boie, Stefanie Scharenberg (Illustrator)

Wenn Jonathan im Urlaub nicht die Muscheleimer vertauscht hätte, dann wäre der Nix niemals zu ihm gekommen. Dann hätte er nie erfahren, was alles passieren kann, wenn so ein Seejungmann an Land geht. Nein, Jonathan hat nicht geträumt, der freche grüne Nix ist echt! Und weil dieser die meiste Zeit unsichtbar ist, kann er besonders gut Verwirrung stiften - zum Beispiel in der Schule. Als er sich auch noch in die Lehrerin verliebt, ist das Chaos perfekt.

Genres: Childrens

176 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2001

About the author

Kirsten Boie was born in Hamburg in 1950. She studied German and English literature and wrote a doctoral thesis on a topic in the field of literary research. She worked as a secondary school teacher in Hamburg from 1978 until 1983. When she adopted a child she had to stop teaching and began to write. Her first book "Paule ist ein Glücksgriff" (1985) was very well received and won several awards.

Since then she has published more than 60 books for children and teens that have been translated into many languages. Special mention must be made of her novels for young adults that critically examine social issues and display literary innovation. In addition to the many awards she has won, her complete works have been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award three times (in 1999, 2001 and 2003).
Kirsten Boie lives with her family near Hamburg.

Reviews

[Jelka]

This is the typical 'person meets magical being, hijinks ensue and the being gets the person into trouble'. I'm usually not a fan of that premise though it can work. Here it didn't and the 'Nix' is so annoying that I don't want to finish the book.