Young Adult Fiction in 1980s (West) Germany The Paperback Series “Rororo Panther” (Rowohlt) “Problem-oriented Novels” for Young Adult Readers

In 1979, the Rowohlt Verlag – an important German publishing house – launched a paperback series for young adult readers: rororo panther. The series was meant for readers “between the generations” who were “no longer reading Karl May, but not yet reading Karl Marx”. rororo panther existed for a deca...

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