White Ravens’99/Switzerland/77572
Gerber-Hess, Maja
 Zoë und Rea
 Luzern: Rex-Verl., 1998. 176pp
 ISBN 3-7252-0677-5
 Friendship - Social inequality - Outsider -
 Juvenile delinquency - Conflict resolution
 Zoë looks like a strange bird, she has family problems and she is new in the class. Rea, from an
 upper-middle class family, attaches herself trustingly to Zoë inspite of the considerable differences in
 character, but to no good. The two girls begin a series of thefts. Rea’s family, who have warmly
 welcomed Zoë into their fold, know nothing of these adventures. Zoë falls in love with Rea’s brother. But
 in the end Zoë steals even from her guest family. She is banned from the house and the friendship is
 broken off. An unusual book about social conflict and its effect on an adolescent. (14+)

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