When the refugee crisis in Europe reached its peak in 2015, many people, largely from Syria, fled to Germany to seek asylum. A shelter was built directly next to my school and sparked discussions among teachers, parents, and students. I was 14 at the time and one morning on my way to school I met a young girl from Syria on the bus. We became friends despite the language barrier. It inspired me to write a story about a political topic from a child’s point of view, who, at first, blindly adopts her parents’ views before forming her own.