Mike Klingenberg is a troubled fourteen-year-old from a dysfunctional family in Berlin who thinks of himself as boring, so when a Russian juvenile delinquent called Tschick begins to pay attention to him and include Mike in his criminal activities, he is excited--until those activities lead to disaster on the autobahn. Mike, a troubled 14-year-old from a dysfunctional family in Berlin, finds friendship when a Russian juvenile delinquent called Tschick begins to pay attention to and include Mike in his criminal activities. The plot contains profanity and violence.