Books like Tigermilch by Stefanie de Velasco
Nini and Jameelah are fourteen. The summer has just begun and Berlin is their playground. Smelling of salt and suncream, sticky-lipped and heavy-eyed from drinking Tiger Milk all day, they head for the red light district. They've decided it's time to grow up - and practice makes perfect, doesn't it? Tender and funny, shocking and tragic this is an explosive literary debut about leaving childhood behind, ready or not.
First publish date: 2013
Authors: Stefanie de Velasco
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