"For children and adults who believe in the power of wishes and find little magic in the real world.’ - Katrin Hörnlein, Zeit Online
‘Sometimes you want to cry, sometimes laugh out loud, because Karen Köhler tells the story with so much humour and warmth. ... This touching novel is about mourning and remembering and about how deep love and friendship can comfort and encourage.’ - Andrea Lüthi, NZZ am Sonntag
‘With her first children's book, Karen Köhler has succeeded in creating a piece of literature that gets under the skin and yet comforts’- Kerstin Breitenfellner, Falter
‘Karen Köhler writes feather-light dialogues and creates a work of linguistic art that credibly captures the grief of a ten-year-old. ... The partly double-page illustrations by Bea Davies, which alternate between red and blue-violet, direct the reader's gaze from the text into the night sky and carry the story beyond the boundaries of letters and human language.’ Judith Scholter, Die ZEIT
‘Karen Köhler has written a book that is overwhelming in many ways. It is perfectly suited to a target group of girls who are still playful (which Bea Davies' illustrations finely pick up on), yet clever and thirsty for knowledge.’ - Antje Weber, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Two clever, funny girls, bound by an unusual friendship
A story as light-footed as it is deep on the theme of missing someone
A unique literary voice, hilarious dialogues and two appealing female characters, brimming with ideas – Karen Köhler‘s first children’s book.
One starry summer night, Toni and her best friend YumYum decide to use their homemade cosmic radio to transmit messages to Toni’s deceased mother in heaven. Toni misses her mum very much and space expert YumYum is eager to experiment. Stocked up on equipment and snacks, the two girls experience a night of surprises. Because instead of making contact with Toni’s mother, they reach space station astronaut Zanna. Together, the three philosophise about existence and the ache of loss, as well as life on planet Earth, and all the comfort and joy it brings.