Emil and the Detectives

Informationen zum Autor Erich Kästner was born in Dresden in 1899, the son of a saddle maker and a maidservant. He was drafted into the army in 1917, and his experiences there were to influence his later pacifism. He published Emil and the Detectives in 1928 to great success. A sequel, Emil and the Three Twins , appeared in 1933, but soon afterwards his books were labelled "contrary to the German spirit" and burned in public by the Nazis. He was interviewed by the Gestapo several times, but remained in Berlin until 1945, when he fled the city to avoid the Soviet assault. After the war he continued to write and remained committed to anti-war movements until his death in 1974. Klappentext Erich K¿ner was born in Dresden in 1899, the son of a saddle maker and a maidservant. He was drafted into the army in 1917, and his experiences there were to influence his later pacifism. He published Emil and the Detectives in 1928 to great success. A sequel, Emil and the Three Twins , appeared in 1933, but soon afterwards his books were labelled "contrary to the German spirit" and burned in public by the Nazis. He was interviewed by the Gestapo several times, but remained in Berlin until 1945, when he fled the city to avoid the Soviet assault. After the war he continued to write and remained committed to anti-war movements until his death in 1974. Zusammenfassung But Emil falls asleep and when he wakes up the man in the bowler hat is gone - and so is the money! He teams up with a gang of young detectives and so begins a hair-raising chase across Berlin to catch the dirty rotten thief... BACKSTORY: Learn all about the book's brave author and find out just how good a sleuth you would be.

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, Erich Kastner, Erich Kästner
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2012
• EAN: 9780099572848
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957284-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 188 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Children's Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction