Book – On the Center Line

The cool guys are standing on the halfway line

With "The Cool Boys Stand on the Center Line," Mikis takes us for the third time into the strange and bizarre world of real existing socialism. To a country full of uniforms, aprons, and rustic expressions. To a country full of constraints yet full of freedom, where friendship was always more important than money... It also deals with timeless themes like growing up, first love, the first beer, and that one football club in an old forester's lodge...

Summer in East Berlin. 1. FC Union Berlin is finally back in the top division. For Mikis and his friends Kai and Wenzel, it's not just eighth grade that's beginning, but a whole new phase of life. After all, when you turn 14, you're allowed to do completely different things than before. And so it's off to the stadium at the Alte Försterei for the first time, and you have to organize your first box of Semper beer. And you also have to get used to the taste of beer. But that's just the beginning; there's also the youth consecration ceremony, the first shave, and, above all, the first kiss. It's going to be a turbulent year...

1. FC Union Berlin e.V.
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12555 Berlin
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