Two boys. A broken Lada. A journey full of detours through an unknown Germany.

Mother in rehab, father on a business trip with his assistant: Maik Klingenberg is set to spend the summer holidays alone by the pool of his parents' villa. But then Tschick shows up. Tschick, whose real name is Andrej Tschichatschow, comes from one of the high-rise buildings in Hellersdorf, has somehow made it from a special school to a regular high school, and doesn't exactly appear to be the poster child for integration. Moreover, he has a stolen car at his disposal. And thus begins an unforgettable journey without map or compass through the sun-drenched German countryside.

"In fifty years, this will still be a novel we want to read. But it's better to start right away." Felicitas von Lovenberg, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Awarded the German Youth Literature Prize in 2011.