What makes a good teacher? And what happens when students finally feel seen?

Attilâ Aktaş tells in his novel Our Teacher Mr. G the story of a teacher who listens — and of young people who find the courage to open up.

When Adisa — nicknamed Mr. G — temporarily takes over class 10a at a Berlin high school, he brings not only a breath of fresh air into everyday school life. With his openness, his closeness to the students’ world, and his hip-hop club, he quickly wins their trust. What they don’t know: he, too, is struggling with an open wound from his own past.

Across 23 chapters, various life stories are interwoven: those of the students and of Mr. G. The result is moving insights into the reality of young people — between first love, friendship, searching for identity, religion, discrimination, violence, bullying, and much more. Always at the center: the power of relationships, conversation, and mutual understanding.