Dominik Mikulaschek: Panic in the staff room, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

In **"Panic in the Staff Room"** a normal Monday morning at the **Ruleberg Elementary School** turns into a full-blown mystery-packed with **school chaos, secrets, and laugh-out-loud moments**. Milo Mertens knows exactly what Mondays usually smell like: freshly polished hallway floors and the tiny fear of kids who forgot their homework. But today something is different. The blue corridor outside the staff room isn't just busy... it's **blocked off**. Bright **red-and-white caution tape** stretches across the hallway like a spider web, and a big warning sign announces: **"STAFF ROOM QUIET ZONE - Unauthorized access forbidden!"**

As if that weren't strange enough, a small gray device is mounted above the sign-a silent scanner that doesn't just detect noise... it detects **curiosity**. Yes, curiosity. The moment Milo and his friends take one step too close, the machine threatens to trigger an alarm. And when adults whisper like that-tight, nervous, and all at once-it usually means one thing: **something is being hidden**.

Milo is the kind of kid who likes rules-when they are fair. But this "Quiet Zone" feels wrong. It feels like a wall made of silence. And it smells like a secret so big it won't even fit into the school's thickest folder. Luckily, Milo isn't alone. There's **Tarik "Turbo" Tan**, a walking chaos-machine who believes anything could be happening behind that door-aliens, monsters, or maybe teachers secretly building a bouncy castle and refusing to share. And then there's **Fina Fuchs**, the sharp-eyed note-taker who sees patterns everywhere and is convinced that when grown-ups start whispering, it's never random-it's a system.

Together, Milo, Turbo, and Fina launch their own undercover mission: **Find out what is happening in the staff room** without triggering the curiosity alarm. But the deeper they dig, the weirder things become. Teachers rush through the hallway looking like they've seen a ghost. Voices leak out from behind the heavy door-words like "panic," "protocol," and "internal project." Even the calmest teacher in the building suddenly acts nervous. And then Milo notices something that changes everything: a strange bag hits the floor with a heavy, metallic **CLONK**. That is definitely not a stack of worksheets.

Just when the trio thinks it can't get more suspicious, a small **crumpled yellow note** slips out from under the staff room door-like a secret message trying to escape. It's a clue. The first real piece of evidence. But how do you grab it when a scanner is watching every movement and an "official" silence department seems determined to keep kids from asking questions?

**"Panic in the Staff Room"** is a fast, funny **children's mystery book for ages 8 and up**, combining **school adventure**, **detective story vibes**, and **wild humor**. With short, exciting chapters, quirky characters, and a mystery that keeps readers turning pages, it's perfect for kids who love **funny kids books**, **school stories**, **mystery adventures**, **friendship teamwork**, and **secrets**. Beyond the laughs, it also encourages young readers to stay curious, think for themselves, and stand together when rules don't feel fair.