A beloved book for generations that new readers can now discover: the new edition for the 80th anniversary. With a foreword by Kirsten Boie. Branko loses his mother and his home. Soon, he is suspected of theft and locked up. But he is freed: Zora, the girl with the red hair, takes him into her gang. The children live alone in an old castle high above the town, struggling through life and sticking together even in hunger and hardship. Nothing can shake their friendship – until the citizens of the coastal town decide to put an end to the wild antics and bring Zora and her gang behind bars. Kurt Held's adventure story about Zora, the brave and independent girl who leads a gang of boys, is considered one of the most important children's books of our time and is a timeless plea for justice, solidarity, and humanity.