by Cornelia Funke · Dressler Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783791504452
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«Die wilden Hühner» is the children's and young adult novel by Cornelia Funke, published by Dressler Verlag in hardcover (175 pages, in German).
Sprotte, Frieda, Melanie and Trude form the gang Die Wilden Hühner and face off against the Pygmäen, four boys from their class, in a prank war. When the boys release Sprotte's grandmother's chickens, the gang responds with their own ideas and lives their first great adventure of friendship, solidarity and challenges.
It is the first installment of the Die Wilden Hühner series, originally published in 1993.
For children and young adult readers, especially from around 10 years old, who are looking for stories of friendship, gangs and pranks.
Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Funke has since become Germany's "bestselling author for children". Her work has been translated into several languages and, as of 2012, Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide.
