Hero Days

  • Three teenagers escape from a psychiatric hospital
  • For fans of „Tschick“
  • Topics: mental health, video game addiction

Nilo is fifteen and addicted to video games. When one day, an argument with his mother escalates, Nilo suddenly holds a knife in his hand. He is advised to go to a psychiatric clinic for a withdrawal from all media. Nilo meets Faris there, who, like him, is addicted to computer games. And he falls in love - secretly and from afar - with Mayla from the acute ward next door. When the two boys see Mayla run off, they follow her, to find out what secret she might be carrying around with her? Their adventurous journey takes the three youngsters across the country. Little by little, they discover something within themselves that they could not feel before. Perhaps what real courage feels like. And how beautiful life can be, despite everything. 
Young people today face huge challenges. This is a book that can help them overcome them.

Topics: Gambling addiction, mental health, coming of age

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 08.10.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-7373-4360-2
  • 272 Pages
  • Author: Martin Schäuble
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Martin Schäuble

Martin Schäuble , born in 1978, studied Politics in Berlin, Israel and Palestine and completed his doctorate after three years of research on two jihadists. As an author, he is known for his critical YA books, which are often used as school reading material. He published »Endland« with Hanser and has already published the dilogy »Die Scanner«/»Die Gescannten« as well as »Sein Reich«, »Cleanland«, »Godland«, the critically acclaimed »Alle Farben Grau« and »Warum du schweigst« with FISCHER SAUERLÄNDER.

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