Cat and Mouse

Author: Grass
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book narrates a series of experiences of Mark, a middle school student, after entering puberty. His Adam's apple is unusually large, moving like a mouse, so he tries to do many extraordinary things to cover up this flaw, even stealing an officer's Iron Cross medal and being expelled from school. After enlisting, he truly earns the medal for his heroic deeds in battle, but upon returning to his alma mater, he still faces discrimination. In anger, he hits the school principal and disappears from then on.
Synopsis: This book narrates a series of experiences of Mark, a middle school student, after entering puberty. His Adam's apple is unusually large, moving like a mouse, so he tries to do many extraordinary things to cover up this flaw, even stealing an officer's Iron Cross medal and being expelled from school. After enlisting, he truly earns the medal for his heroic deeds in battle, but upon returning to his alma mater, he still faces discrimination. In anger, he hits the school principal and disappears from then on.