Elisabeth Zöller » I Am Going to Shoot...Now! « 12+, June 2005 160 pages, 13.0 x 20.0 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-5554-5 hardcover 9,90 € (D) Rights sold: Polish, Croatian, Spanish, Korean

Every day when he goes to school, Niko is afraid. Because there Kevin, Matthias and Raphael are waiting for him. They hit him. They kick him. They blackmail him. Their attacks become more and more frequent and brutal. Until Niko sees no other way out and forms a desperate plan. Somehow or other he must get hold of a weapon ...

Violence at schools is no longer restricted to isolated incidences. But too often the victims keep quiet and the others look away – afraid of being picked on next. Elisabeth Zöller vividly describes how in his desperation, Niko changes from victim to perpetrator. A rousing plea against violence and against looking away.

Elisabeth Zöller was born in 1945 in Brilon. She studied German, French, History of Arts and Pedago...