"Himmelwärts" - Karen Köhler

Toni and her friend YumYum spend a warm summer evening in the garden on a secret mission: together they build a cosmic radio to contact Toni's deceased mother. Unexpectedly, astronaut Zanna interrupts them, and a profound conversation unfolds about longing and life on our planet. In "Himmelwärts" (Hanser 2024), Karen Köhler tells with sensitivity and warmth about the most painful of all themes and was rightly awarded the German Youth Literature Prize 2025.

From approximately 10 years old