Nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize 2008, Mike Nelson, nicknamed Moo due to his size, lets insults and beatings, which he often endures at school as a despised outsider, bounce off him like rain. His refuge is a highway bridge, from which he observes the traffic and becomes intoxicated by the lights and movements. During this time, he witnesses an incident that he cannot interpret: one car forces another off the road, the drivers stop on the shoulder, get into an argument, and a man falls to the ground. Later, the authorities will claim that the driver of the forced-off car stabbed the other. However, Moo has seen clearly that this is not true. Since the accused is the notorious criminal Keith Vine, whom the prosecution has long wanted to apprehend, the situation is extremely explosive: what Moo has witnessed is significant.