My new favorite book series

Don´t call me Ismael

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1. Facts

Author: Michael Bauer

Publisher: Dtv

Page numbers:

- 1: 304

- 2: 320

- 3: 379

Price: €8.95 (each; Paperback)

ISBN:

- 1: 9783423624350

- 2: 9783423624695

- 3: 9783423625548

2. About the author

Michael Gerard Bauer, born 1955 in Brisbane, Australia, studied literature, economics and pedagogy at the local University of Queensland. After graduation, he worked for many years as an English and business teacher and dreamed of publishing a book. Before he could finish his first novel, all school holidays had to be sacrificed to the writer's existence.

3. Content/Flap text (1)

The perfect instruction manual for bullying
There are unusual, unspeakable and unbearable first names-and there is the first name Ishmael. That's the worst--finds Ishmael. But Ishmael has learned to respond to mockery and attacks: dive! That changes abruptly as James Scoobie Comes into class. Unlike Ishmael, he is not afraid of anyone. Against classes hooligans He has his very own weapon: the language. To train them, he establishes a debating club. But Ishmael is panic afraid to speak to an audience. If there were not his idiosyncratic debating colleagues, it would probably remain so. But because they are For him, Ismael's verbal uprising will soon be no longer in the way.

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SOS-Ishmael Totally crushed!
The shyness, the lack of speech and other embarrassment was actually overcome by Ishmael. Since he was with Scobie, Razza, Ignatius and Bill founded the debating club, he wields himself in self-confident speeches and even offers school-rowdy Barry his forehead. Only his great love, Kelly, has still not come closer to Ishmael. On the contrary, when he sees her again at a party, he turns into a tangled stuttering and excruciating silence. In this situation, only Razza Help. The self-proclaimed master of Love immediately has an ingenious plan: with a mixture of poetry and music, Ishmael will conquer Kelly's heart. What could possibly go wrong

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Summer vacation in the beach House-with Kelly!
Kelly Falconer's ice-blue eyes and her 1000-watt smile have done it for a long time, but now the beloved is disappearing with her family to New Zealand. Ismael's friend Razza Solves the problem in his own way: he hooks Ismael with the Kessen Cindy, but he actually has something else in mind. As a senior at school, Ishmael prefers to go to the debating club with his friends to the great questions of humanity. And also Ignatius, Scobie and Bill start by: The supposedly unsporty develop to true volleyball cracks, which supposedly unmusical reasons a Cool Band and in debate all come out great. Then the big final chord: Summer vacation in the beach House-with Kelly!

6. Review

The Ismael trilogy by Michael Gerard Bauer from the DTV Verlag is about the development of the protagonist Ismael Leseur From the shy boy to the self-confident, while the one with his friends and the school also mastered other obstacles, especially the love and the bullying and "adventure".

Lack of speech. This word is to be mentioned in these books. No other. Never in my entire life have I heard of this author or series. By a ranch book club at the school I became attentive and I remember exactly: I lay in my bed in the evening and was taken by my mother X times Asked to finally go to sleep because the light was on. The reason: The interesting plot and the fantastic writing style as well as the brilliant characters made sure that I couldn't put the books out of my hands anymore.

Plot

In the first two books it is explicitly about bullying, because Ismael is bullied because of his name by the nasty of the class Barry Bagsley. He is named after the hero of "Moby Dick"-Ishmael. In addition, in the course of the three books the first experiences with love become clear, as Ishmael falls in love with the girl Kelly Faulkner. It is also a question of debate – in all volumes. Scoobie, a newcomer in the first volume establishes a debating club and in all volumes we read how the debates are going and how the team prepares itself. The second volume deals with the music as we get to know a band that plays an important role.

Characters:

Ismael:

At the beginning he is the shy boy who cannot fight against the bastard. Over time he gains self-confidence and learns to defend himself. He liked me very much, because his ambition and his talents fascinated me. The handling of his friends is also commendable, so there is no more to say.

Scoobie:

My favorite character in the series. I thought I'd read about me when I was about Scoobie Because his character traits are very similar to mine. He is the founder of the Debating club and is responsible for the development of Ismael. Barry Bagsley also offers his forehead by not proposing or doing anything else: he is talking. Through the rhetoric, he also shows us that we do not have to resolve everything with insults and brawls. He was a very enlightening figure since he was tolerant, funny (just like everyone else) and teaches how to be a true friend.

Race:

Oh, yes, Orazio, Razza, Big O or how to call it the women's hero. He supports Ishmael in snatching a girl and this trip with him was very funny – he is I think the funniest person in the book. What he also liked about him was that he could admit that he is not stupid, but also has talents. And we all have talents.

Bill Kingsley:

The reaction speed of a snail. The Sci-fi Hero Bill KingleyThrough which we learn that we are not worthless, even if we are overweight. That we can do and leave what we want, no matter what weight class we belong to.

Miss Tarango:

Yes, the teacher. Because she wasn't some teacher. I confess I never had such a funny and understanding, enlightening teacher like Ms. Tarango. She has consistently supported the heroes of the novel and shows that teachers are also people, and we should think about how we deal with them. As she has supported her students, I am not thinking of a teacher.

Writing:

I should also review the writing style? From me if that wasn't enough. Genius. One can fly through the sides and is continuously on the Laugh. Never before have I laughed as much as I did in the Ismael trilogy.

7. Final word

I have not added any reading samples because you have to experience my new favorite series yourself. Believe me: You will not regret it, you will laugh, have fun, as I had. There is nothing else to say 😊

5/5 stars