Já, Tran a všechno ostatní (Me, Tran and Everything Else)

Half-Roma Dezi and half-Vietnamese Tran, two outsiders from broken families, share a passion for stargazing. While their classmates from the small-town grammar school enjoy their youth and the benefits of prosperity, they are stuck in a prefabricated high-rise on the outskirts of town, with life seemingly slipping through their fingers. That is, until they crash a posh party as uninvited guests... This debut novella, which blends social realism with black humour, relates what it is like to be an oddball in Czechia. It depicts the coming-of-age of an "angry young man" and suggests where it is the society that fails, and where personal accountability begins.

Illustrated by Sára Paldanová.

The book was a finalist in the Magnesia Litera awards in the category "Litera for children's and young adult literature".

This book has been published thanks to the kind financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, and Bader Philanthropies, Inc.