Friends

  • A powerful debut
  • Set in an unspecified country
  • Timeless and universal plea for peace

The war is over. The Others have won and are taking power in the completely bombed-out city. Friends Tarek, Tuk, Nata and Ren sit in their basement hideout and wonder how peace will work. They are alive, yet they all bear visible and invisible scars. Gradually, they begin to open up to each other and become a sort of family. Until a dilemma challenges their bond.

Is it possible to overcome hatred for a people who have wiped out your own family? Can you love when you have experienced the worst kind of violence? Can you remain moral in a destructive world?

Eva Kranenburg sensitively weaves these questions into a compelling story.

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 11.03.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-7373-7499-6
  • 448 Pages
  • Author: Eva Kranenburg
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Eva Kranenburg

Eva Kranenburg worked with children of refugees from Bosnia and Kosovo at a young age. Later, as a psychotherapist, she worked with refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. Eva Kranenburg is a graduate of the Academy for Children's Media, and for her manuscript ‘Freunde’ (Friends) she was nominated for the Children's and Young Adult Book Award of the City of Oldenburg in 2025.