Children's book – Sophie und das verwunschene Haus

Sophie's tomcat has run away. When she follows him, she discovers that he apparently has a second home: an old house, through whose open door he disappears. Soon Sophie gets to know the woman who lives in the house: Theodora, an original old lady who used to be a racing driver and was the first woman to travel around the world in her car.

Sophie becomes friends with her. But does her best friend Lotta have to get jealous straight away because of that? Can't Sophie be friends with both? Finding that out is not easy at all. But Theodora helps her by taking her on fabulous journeys and setting right a lot of what confuses Sophie.

Gerlinde Kurz, inspired by the life of the racing driver Clärenore Stinnes, has written a wonderful novel about friendship and jealousy, about travelling and dreams coming true.