I think I read it for the first time in school when I was 13 or so? But I just re-read it last year (and watched the movie, too) and god, yeah, I love it so. (Now I keep thinking of more German-language movies that I want to see fic for, haha. Have you seen Napola? Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken?)

I didn't mean to jump on you about the Germany thing! I'm just so tired of people not realising that speaking German != being German. (Not you, I mean, just in general.)