Ankunft in Berlin / Arrival in Berlin – Bilingual German Graded Reader for Beginners (CEFR A0–A1), Buch 1: Learn German the Way You Learned Your First ... Series (Books 1–20)) (German Edition)

Stop studying German. Start living it.

Mia Keller is sixteen, half-German, and has just moved from Chicago to Berlin to live with the grandmother she barely knows. She doesn't speak German. Not really. Enough to order a coffee and get it wrong.

That is where you begin.

Ankunft in Berlin / Arrival in Berlin is Book 1 of Sprachreise: Die Berlin-Chroniken – a 20-book bilingual young adult series that teaches real beginner German the way you learned your first language: by falling in love with a story and wanting to know what happens next.

This is not a textbook. This is a novel you cannot put down.

You are not memorizing vocabulary lists. You are not drilling grammar exercises. You are following Mia through her first days in a strange city – the nervous flight, the cold Berlin air, the warmth of her grandmother's kitchen, the awkwardness of a new school, the kindness of a stranger who becomes a friend.

And then you find the door.

A locked door in her grandmother's apartment. A door that has not been opened in decades. Behind it lies a family secret – and the mystery of a great-uncle who disappeared in 1989, just as the Berlin Wall was falling.

Why this book is different

Every chapter is written in short, natural German sentences at exactly the right level for absolute beginners (CEFR A0–A1). You do not need any prior German knowledge. New words appear with immediate English support – footnotes, facing translations, and end-of-chapter glossaries – so you are never lost long enough to give up.

By the time you finish this first book, you will have read a real story in German. You will have learned present tense, basic articles, simple negation, and essential everyday vocabulary. And you will be desperate to start Book 2.

The series that keeps you reading

Twenty books. One continuous story. Real characters who grow and change. A slow-burn friendship with the infuriating, funny boy next door. A family mystery that unfolds across two years in Berlin. And somewhere around Book 4, you will realize you have stopped needing the English at all.

Read German. Live German. That is the promise of Sprachreise: Die Berlin-Chroniken .

Perfect for teenagers beginning German in school, young adults preparing for study abroad, heritage learners reconnecting with their roots, or anyone who has tried every language app and given up because it felt like homework.

Pick up Ankunft in Berlin / Arrival in Berlin today. Your Berlin journey starts now.