Du hast noch einen Sommer, sagt der Tod
2026
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About the book:
English title: You Have One More Summer, Says Death
ISBN: 978-3-96976-090-1
Publisher: Moon Notes
YA novel, 16+,
336 pages
Published: May 2026
A love letter to life, summer, and Berlin, capturing the city’s spirit – told with humor and heart by a young Berlin talent.
Alba, a chemistry lab technician, spends her days analyzing the fat content of milk and sitting by the window of her Berlin apartment. But everything changes the moment a power socket starts talking to her. It’s Death – and he gives Alba five tasks. If she fails to complete them, this will be her last summer. Alba hates being blackmailed by a household appliance, but what choice does she have? On her first task – a blind date – she meets Marlon, a yoga teacher with an apple-pie smile. And so begins Alba’s emotional journey back to life, and perhaps her final Berlin summer.
“I didn’t want a summer that felt like an entire life. I didn’t want to face challenges. I didn’t want to talk to a socket, claiming to be Death. Everything I wanted was to sit on my window bench, while the world was rushing past.”
Additional material:
English factsheet
English sample translation
About the author:
Marie-Kristin Hofmann Marie was born in 1992 in a small Bavarian town. After studying cultural economics, she moved to Berlin in 2020, where she has been writing stories about love and gazing dreamily at sunset skies ever since. Marie also works as a meditation teacher. She firmly believes that magic lies in both the small and big moments of life - we just need to remember it.
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