Victor lives with his father, a taxi driver, in an urban apartment com plex in Germany. The summer he turns thirteen, he is full of questions. Will his mom, a lawyer, remarry his dad? Will he ever learn to dive? Who is leaving sinister notes in his mailbox? Why won’t the mysterious girl he meets at the community swimming pool and knows only as “D” take him home to meet her family? Victor’s journal entries, fresh, funny, and honest, will resonate with confused adolescents who live well beyond the borders of his country . mac

Originally published as Jede Menge Sternschunppen in German by Beltz & Gelberg Weinheim Germany, in 2003. Translated by James Skofield.

The first anonymous letter arrives on July 23rd, Victor’s 13th birthday. Which is good, because it gives him something to write about in the journal his father gave him as a present. Soon Victor is writing down everything that happens as he tries to solve the mystery of the letters, conquer his fear of jumping off the high diving board at the pool, and figure out what is going on between his divorced parents.
Things change when he meets D, however. A good diver and an assertive detective, she helps Victor to stop writing his life and start living it.