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Age 10+
Fantasy

Die total normalen Abenteuer von Odette Germaine

The D(r)eadfully Normal Adventures of Odette Germaine

Franziska Lagemann (Written by), Kristina Kister (Illustrated by)

  • A headstrong protagonist in the tradition of Pippi Longstocking.
  • Dark, quirky and with a fantastic, sometimes slightly macabre humour.
  • An imaginative adventure which offers an unusual take on the topic of death.

As a child, twelve-year-old Odette was given a magic rattle by her great grandmother Eloise, who was rather too fond of experiments. Since then, Odette has had necromantic powers, and can bring people back from the dead and control them. Thus she chooses to spend most of her time with her dead friends at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. This Halloween, she plans a huge party for them all. Alas, she’s not the only necromancer there as the nefarious Dark Brotherhood have snuck into the cemetery and they've chosen Halloween of all nights to try to achieve world domination! Odette has to pull out all the stops to defend the cemetery and have her party…

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Age 10+
Fantasy

Product details

  • ISBN: 978-3-7513-0092-6
  • Published: 11.09.2023
  • Length: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Dressler

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Written by

Franziska Lagemann

Franziska Lagemann went to kindergarten on a North Sea island, went to school in Swabia and studied theatre, film and media studies in Frankfurt. Careers she has already spent at least one evening thinking about include (among others) military diver, tram driver, musical star, piano tuner, algae researcher,…

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Illustrated by

Kristina Kister

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