Nasti – which is short for Anastasia – is scared of everything: Dark rooms, the cellar, being alone in the flat – she is always afraid, very afraid. But help is on its way. Rosa Riedl the ghost teaches Nasti confidence.
Rosa Riedl became a ghost in the year 1938 when she wanted to help Mr. Fischl, a Jew, who was forced to clean the pavement with a toothbrush by the Nazi-mob. Rosa wanted to rush towards him across the street and was hit by a streetcar. Since then Rosa has been a ghost armed with courage to fight against injustice wherever she encounters it. And it is not only Nasti who learns a lot from Rosa ...
This classic of children’s literature combines everything Christine Nöstlinger is known and loved for: Humour, imagination and lots of cheekiness!
