Literature Days "READING!CHILD"

10-year-old Ida wants to become a polar researcher. Together with her imaginary friend Robert Falcon Scott, the former explorer, she plans her future expeditions to the icy caps with scientific precision. As an expert in extreme habitats, she is already particularly good at observing, documenting, and always knows how to help herself – this is crucial for survival and also helps Ida in her everyday life. Because, although her mother sits on the sofa every day, she is not really approachable, and Ida had to learn early on to protect her home from the outside world. But one day, an unexpected friend and a letter from school turn Ida's life upside down: on to new adventures!

Awarded the Mülheimer KinderStückePreis 2024, südpol.windstill gently and multilayeredly tells the story of a childhood in precarious circumstances. Through clever imagery, Armela Madreiter succeeds in empathetically describing a life with mentally ill parents.

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