Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2008 Mike Nelson, called Moo because of his corpulence, lets insults and beatings, which he often takes in school as a despised outsider, bounce off him like rain. His refuge is a highway bridge from which he watches the traffic, intoxicated by lights and movements. In the process, he becomes a witness to an incident which he cannot interpret: One car pushes another car, the drivers stop on the hard shoulder, get into an argument, a man goes down. Later, the investigating authorities will claim that the driver of the forced-off car stabbed the other one to death. But Moo saw very clearly that this is not true. Since the accused is the notorious criminal Keith Vine, who the prosecution has long been trying to apprehend, the matter is extremely explosive: What Moo saw, mac.