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Wednesday, 10/21/2026
at 11:00 AM



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Young Literature House – Youth Book Reading from Grade 8
Wednesday 21.10.26 / 11.00 h
Basma Hallak: Please unfollow
Admission free upon registration

Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Scholarship 2026
For 17-year-old Sherry, social media is not an escape from a boring everyday life, but life under constant observation: As a child of the YouTube family "The Whites," her childhood is being marketed – Sharenting as a business model. The consequence: a breakdown and a crime that puts Sherry in a resocialization program. But even there, the echo of her never-private life haunts her, as she grapples with the question of who her body, her story, and her image belong to. Basma Hallak, Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Scholar 2026, narrates in her novel "Please unfollow" (Arctis) as clearly as painfully the consequences of the lack of protection for children and adolescents on social media and the desire for self-determination.

The event is held in cooperation with the umbrella organization for youth literature (DJL), the Young Literature Houses, and the German Literature Fund. The Young Literature House is supported by the Dr. Marschner Foundation and the Cronstett- und Hynspergischen Protestant Foundation. Registration at junges@literaturhaus-frankfurt.de.

The event is fully booked.

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