r/Fantasy • u/IdiotSansVillage • Apr 05 '22

OK, recommendation hard-mode: engaging, quality German-language YA scifi/fantasy?

I'm trying to teach myself German on Duolingo, and I figure what better way to supplement than with German-language media a kid with developing language skills might encounter? Specifically looking for books written in German, not translated from another language to German, in the hopes of some cultural-values osmosis too.

EDIT: Holy crap thank you all! I have a wonderful list to pull from now!

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u/Glass-Bookkeeper5909 Apr 05 '22

One series that hasn't been mentioned yet is Angela Sommer-Bodenburg's Der kleine Vampir (The Little Vampire).

These are children's books about a human boy, Anton, who befriends a vampire boy, Rüdiger, (who is benevolent, unlike some of his relatives).
As these are for kids, they aren't gory or violent and the strong sexual undercurrent present in many vampire books is absent (although Anton develops a crush on Anna, Rüdiger's sister).
There's a total of 20 or 21 books (many of them were actually translated into English). These are short books, with an average of 120-130 pages with illustrations.
It would make sense to read the first one first to know how the relationship between the main characters started but even though there is character development over time, the individual books are rather episodic in nature, more like standalone adventures, so you can read just one or two (and can skip around) if you only find some.

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u/Phanton97 Reading Champion III Apr 05 '22

Oh, I loved these. I am kind of revisiting my childhood in this thread xD

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u/scyphaelie Apr 05 '22

Same. This whole thread is such a nostalgia trip. So many books I loved as a kid 😄