Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13

A great book, an exciting adventure full of mystery and wonder. And, despite the young target audience, it's a masterfully assembled piece of German prose.

Alas, some of the casually deployed cultural, social, and racial stereotypes, as well as a minor, somewhat strange (i.e., entirely unnecessary for the plot) biblical tie-in show the book's age. Not enough to make it a bad read (let alone to scratch it off the list of best children's books), but probably enough to warrant a little bit of contextualization/commentary by the adult reader.