The water transformer or the story of solidarity
Author Sabine Zaplin in dialogue with Pupils about their Novel „Wasserwandler“ (Stroux, 2026)
Sami looks different ... On the run from the insults and injuries of his classmates at school, he accidentally ends up in a general shop, where the elderly lady Ana comforts him and tells him that she experienced something similar in her youth. Ana is a descendant of the Danube Swabians. Sami's single mother has emigrated from Eritrea. Sabine Zaplin skilfully uses fairytale elements and combines events from the centuries-old history of the Danube region with contemporary experiences of the latest wave of migration. In this way, she tells a warm-hearted, human story about the universality of suffering, hope and the quest for freedom - a touching story about solidarity.
Pupils in Year 8 at Kepler Grammar School read
„Wasserwandler“, the novel for young people, and develop a dialogue with the author under the guidance of their teacher Christina Müller.
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