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Dot loves play-acting, dressing up her pet dachshund Piefke, and making up words like 'splentastic'. Her best friend, Anton, lives in a little apartment and looks after his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey share a secret—each night, when their parents think they are asleep, they sell matches and shoelaces on the streets of Berlin with Dot's grumpy governess. But why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe answers involve a villain named Robert the Devil, a club-wielding maid, a wobbly tooth, a pair of silver shoes, and a policeman dancing the tango. 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But surprises, sadness, and trouble are on the way - and a secret that changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flying Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e is a magical, thrilling, and bittersweet story about friendship, fun, and being brave even when you are scared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003ePart of the new Pushkin Children's Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Anthea Bell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eErich Kästner, writer, poet, and journalist, was born in Dresden in 1899. His first children's book, \u003ci\u003eEmil and the Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1929 and has since sold millions of copies around the world and been translated into around 60 languages. 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