German writer Dita Zipfel (1981) won the German Youth Literature Prize Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for this book in 2020. The humorous and sparkling narrative is intertwined with attractive illustrations by Icelandic artist Rán Flygenring (1987).
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Lucie wants to leave home, because she has had enough of her mother's new boyfriend and her classmates who are making fun of her, she wants to go to her mother's ex-partner in Berlin. That's how she meets the strange Mr. Klinge, who needs help writing a secret cookbook. Lucie immediately gets to work, although it turns out that the gentleman is really... well, strange. But then things get quite complicated and Lucie has to make some brave decisions that will help her find her place in the sun. (taken from the main page of the Mladinska knjiga publishing house)