He was especially excited about the idea of a battle between two schools, being himself very interested at the moment in war-games (capture the flag, nerf gun fights), teams, and plans of attack etc. On this level the story does not disappoint. It is very rich in many other ways as well. One thing we talked about today was the friendship between Martin/Matz, the leader of the boys from boarding school, who is very tall and strong and self-confident, and Ulli, a very intelligent, but small and fretful boy. They are called "die ungleichen Freunde." We paused in our listening this morning to discuss different types of friendships one might have, some with people who are similar to one and because of the things in common, and some based on differences.
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